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The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat

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The Blind Owl

Sadegh Hedayat

3.75 AVERAGE

aliezad's review against another edition

4.0
challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

eessaa's review against another edition

3.25
challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense 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 chilling novella immersed me in the narrator’s fever-dream delusions. although bordering on melodramatic at times, there was beauty in the dark proses. the deeper themes are better understood with supporting material and historical context. on my list to reread.

lenulila's review against another edition

4.0
“A story is only an outlet for frustrated aspirations, for aspirations which the storyteller conceives in accordance with a limited stock of spiritual resources inherited from previous generations.”

shelfcreature's review against another edition

1.0
somebody hates women!

so, as a woman, I could not enjoy this
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oliverlosinski's review against another edition

4.5
dark mysterious reflective tense fast-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
Kafka on Benadryl and opium. There has never been (and there likely will never be) a person who HATES their wife as much as the protagonist of this novella does.
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aaronnovik's review against another edition

4.0
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
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octoparfait's review against another edition

4.0
challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

thereisnospoon's review against another edition

4.0
dark mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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minsessed's review against another edition

1.0
It's time I admit to myself that I just don't like absurdist novels. I feel the same way about this as I did Camus' The Stranger. The insane bouts of violent misogynistic language compressed into this 100 page book didn't help my reading experience either. 

cg_3's review against another edition

2.0
challenging dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No