Reviews

Death in Venice & a Man and His Dog: A Dual-Language Book by Thomas Mann

springirl's review against another edition

3.75

Не знаю, чи зумисне це, але в усіх чотирьох новелах більшою чи меншою мірою дія відбувається в санаторіях - двічі в Німеччині, двічі в Італії. Відповідно наші герої - досить заможні європейці.

Я не буду розділяти новели окремо, скажу лише, що найлегше за способом подачі мені йшов "Маріо і Чарівник", а найтяжче зайшла саме "Смерть у Венеції".

Я не можу сказати, що це було щось надто депресивне - хоча смерть ходить постійно дуже поруч. Але напевно проблеми і сеттінг для мене якісь далекі і чужі, мені складно було прониктися тими проблемами, які докучали героям, хоча самотність Тоніо Крегера досить відгукалася - але вже ретроспективно.

Повний відгук: https://t.me/kseniia_reads/298

jess_mango's review against another edition

4.0

3.5 out of 5.

eclark93's review against another edition

dark reflective sad medium-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

3.0

anastasiia4279's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

olgaokhrimenko's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

manda2491's review against another edition

5.0

Beautiful, rich in mythology and thought. The allusion to Socrates' dialogue with Phaedrus was perfectly executed. There is so much that can be discussed about this novella. Absolutely stunning.

k_vira's review against another edition

reflective 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? It's complicated

3.75

100reads's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

I expected so much from this collection of stories and I was greatly disappointed.

aslan__'s review against another edition

3.0

3.5
I had pretty high expectation for this one, and it kind of let me down, either way it wasn't all that bad.
The only thing that really bothered me, was that the characters did not feel unique, they all seemed kind of the same. And some thing or events were described, for my taste, too much, it felt like the writer wanted to achieve some kind of word count so he just stretched some sequences out and left some that could use some more explaining.

nunuseli's review against another edition

3.0

Lo he leído dos veces. La segunda vez me gustó mucho más que la primera, pero me seguía pareciendo que las digresiones entorpían el auténtico flujo de emoción. Lo volveré a leer en el futuro para que me acabe gustando de verdad de verdad.