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3.55 AVERAGE
3.55 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Torture
dark
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
I've just read so many stories of public schools and the sadism of youths in the past that it seemed like a crime to overlook Musil's novel. It does not shock or surprise me in the least, which might be the reaction if I hadn't read quite so many accounts of 19th and early-20th century boys schools. Two things did surprise me, though.
1. The gun was described and placed there but never used because fuck Chekov, right?
2. Törless is a self-centred little prick and the narrative doesn't seem to criticize/even notice this at the end
But there was something I enjoyed about the unapologetic music. Pages and pages without dialogue, without events, without moving from a spot. Törless' heightened perception of reality where objects are so much more than themselves. It reminded me of something I feel when I read Hesse, and it affirms for me the power of that interior exploration which I can shy away from in my own writing for fear of it being uninteresting. Musil executes it so well. Often melancholic, but not always, and if it weren't midnight it would have sent me out for a walk through a park to let myself hold onto all of that just a little longer.
1. The gun was described and placed there but never used because fuck Chekov, right?
2. Törless is a self-centred little prick and the narrative doesn't seem to criticize/even notice this at the end
But there was something I enjoyed about the unapologetic music. Pages and pages without dialogue, without events, without moving from a spot. Törless' heightened perception of reality where objects are so much more than themselves. It reminded me of something I feel when I read Hesse, and it affirms for me the power of that interior exploration which I can shy away from in my own writing for fear of it being uninteresting. Musil executes it so well. Often melancholic, but not always, and if it weren't midnight it would have sent me out for a walk through a park to let myself hold onto all of that just a little longer.
challenging
dark
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Torture
dark
reflective
tense
challenging
dark
slow-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Torture, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated