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Die Wand

Marlen Haushofer

4.05 AVERAGE

adventurous slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A

A beautiful tale of a woman who's forced to live on her own in the countryside. She's not extradordinary or especially skilled and yet she makes due with what life has presented itself to her. A feminist classic for me.

There are no chapters, but I was surprised how easily I could follow along with no breaks. I felt emotional over the animals and loved her resilience and commitment to life. Connection, even if it's solely animals, make life seem living. I'm biased to love this writing style of entertwining the past and present contexually. The slow pacing is necessary, but hard for me to read nonetheless. 

Definitely recommend if you would like a female-centric Robinson Crusoe with lovable animals and a soft pace.
emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

- wunderschön geschrieben und sehr angenehm zu lesen
- Dieses Buch hat mich auf so viele verschiedene Weisen zum Nachdenken gebracht und wird mich noch länger begleiten
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

Het verhaal van je leven, maar dan zonder anderen.
emotional reflective relaxing slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Crying like a baby while reading the last page. What a beautiful, profound, and important book. 

“She loved so much and always did everything wrong. Because, in our world, you can’t love life as much as that with impunity.”
challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes