776 reviews for:

The Blind Owl

Sadegh Hedayat

3.75 AVERAGE

medium-paced
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
challenging dark mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Poetic, lyrical, trippy, surreal, disturbing, mesmerizing.
challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

One of the most portentous, foreboding books I’ve read.
challenging dark slow-paced
challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

this book is so odd. it’s definitely on par with work from edgar allan poe & reminds me a lot of the stranger by albert camus. the book is split into two halves, both of which are very confusing but i found that the second part explained the first part a bit. this is definitely a book that requires outside research & some rereads to fully grasp the story considering how deranged & unreliable the narrator is

1.5 stars.
unfortunately, i was quite disappointed by this book.
i dont know how to even review it, as i cannot find a single thing worth discussing. none of the plot points were interesting to me, neither was the writing style.
in my opinion, this was the case of a wonderful premise, but a bad execution.
dark fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I have been thinking what to write about this book. At times it was so hard to read, and I needed to fully focus in order to follow the story. Ponderings about death, life, love, superiority complex and mental illness were at times breathtakingly beautiful and other times deeply disturbing. Up to chapter 4 (out of 5) I was confused, questioning what have I read. But then it sort of clicks. You get the full(ish) picture and it clears out. There were plenty of sentences I marked but I would like to quote this one: "I retired as deep as I could into the depths of my own being like an animal that  hides itself in a cave in the wintertime".