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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
all in all i didn’t really love the book. i hated the main character and think the book would’ve been a lot better if it was about his daughter instead. the love between him and Marra was incredibly unbelievable and just stupid.
there was one passage tho that was one of the best dream passages i’ve ever read on page 18
there was one passage tho that was one of the best dream passages i’ve ever read on page 18
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-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
adventurous
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Slavery, Colonisation
Moderate: Incest
adventurous
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
tense
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:
No
Auf der Suche nach senegalesischer Literatur stolperte ich über diesen Titel, fand die Kurzbeschreibung verlockend und schon war es um mich geschehen. Ein wenig hatte ich die Vorstellung hier auf so etwas Ähnliches wie T.C.Boyles "Wassermusik" zu treffen. Eines der besten Bücher, in welches ich je das Vergnügen haben durfte, einzutauchen. Doch leider wurde ich derbe enttäuscht. Es ist weniger dieses Aufeinanderprallen von westlicher Aufklärung und indigenen Selbstverständnis, von Rationalität und Mystik, gefüttert von ungebändigter Reiselust und Forschertrieb (derlei Romane und Sachbücher sind es, die ich suche) vielmehr ist es ein fades Seifenbad der "Gefühle" mit zahlreichen, lose heraushängenden Handlungsfäden und in gewisser Weise sogar eine ungewollte Reproduktion des kolonialen Blicks mit ganz geringen Erkenntniswert.
adventurous
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I have a lot of feelings about this book. First of all it was more highbrow literature than I usually read. I enjoyed some of the story. There were certain parts that felt so true to humanity as a whole. I picked it up as a book about botany to read in April but instead it was about much else. I found the story within a story seemed like not a useful tool and I didn’t feel like it ended in a satisfying way.