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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
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
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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
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.
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:
Complicated
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I expected so much from this collection of stories and I was greatly disappointed.
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.
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.
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.
challenging
reflective
relaxing
slow-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
I saw an actress reading Death in Venice in the movie “The Bagdad Cafe” which was hilarious. That movie was cracking me up, even Jack Valance made me giggle. Cause the humor was just so deadpan, and then I thought I’d go read it. I don’t have a lot to say, because as far as Thomas Mann goes, the text speaks for itself. I’ve run across discussions about Thomas Mann especially in books about music and opera. And back in 2020 when we were facing a major election and everything was going to hell, I was off reading Thomas Mann.
Anyway, all I really have to say is that I have always by some circumstance of my upbringing hated commercialism. Some part of me craves nationality that isn’t so caught up in what’s popular. Movies, for instance, I enjoy alot but I’m very picky too, because I can’t be pleased with the same faces, wealthiest of the wealthy, dressed in suits… I always lean toward obscurity I guess. And I feel like a foreigner in my own country, because where other people were happy with following their favorite icons and role models, I guess I just never picked up on it. Well, anyway…
I know too that I don’t really want to be an artist. And I don’t deserve love or life, and what is life without love? The cynicism that I’ve always expressed for everything under the sun puts me at a division between me and society. I don’t know what the word pretentious means, and I’m not really a snob. But I always looked at the people with like interests and nerding out together at things together and I could never see myself as one of them. I hardly have a pretext for living, when everything I’ve shunned as against my nature… sets me too far afield from the norm. I want eclecticism, not commercialism… Eh…
Anyway, all I really have to say is that I have always by some circumstance of my upbringing hated commercialism. Some part of me craves nationality that isn’t so caught up in what’s popular. Movies, for instance, I enjoy alot but I’m very picky too, because I can’t be pleased with the same faces, wealthiest of the wealthy, dressed in suits… I always lean toward obscurity I guess. And I feel like a foreigner in my own country, because where other people were happy with following their favorite icons and role models, I guess I just never picked up on it. Well, anyway…
I know too that I don’t really want to be an artist. And I don’t deserve love or life, and what is life without love? The cynicism that I’ve always expressed for everything under the sun puts me at a division between me and society. I don’t know what the word pretentious means, and I’m not really a snob. But I always looked at the people with like interests and nerding out together at things together and I could never see myself as one of them. I hardly have a pretext for living, when everything I’ve shunned as against my nature… sets me too far afield from the norm. I want eclecticism, not commercialism… Eh…