Reviews - The Elegance of the Hedgehog

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The Elegance of the Hedgehog

Muriel Barbery

3.73 AVERAGE

gfrog's review against another edition

5.0

inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

nathanae88's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 51%

No longer included in Audible subscription and dragged on too much. Interesting for small chunks at a time, very nicely written, but no idea what the actual plot is, at almost 50% in, so I found it hard to follow or listen to it for too long

redshoes595's review against another edition

1.0

I would give this book zero stars if I could. It was horrible.

cndreisbach's review

4.5

funny 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: Yes

bakerbrosmom's review

5.0

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book took me forever to get through but I’m glad I stuck with it. For most of it, nothing actually happens, we mainly just hear the thoughts and feelings of the protagonists. The ending was somewhat abrupt and shocking. I will probably end up buying this book because there are parts I would like to refer back to.

emilith3's review

2.0

I really had a hard time getting into this book. I am not typically a fan of books with philosophy in them. However, after book club discussion I liked it slightly better.