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Als wir Waisen waren by Sabine Herting, Kazuo Ishiguro

3 reviews

laurenipsum's review against another edition

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

2.0

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mangopassion555's review against another edition

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

5.0

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readwithbells's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

When We Were Orphans was a really beautiful piece of writing that was done in such an intimate manner I almost felt inappropriate reading it at some points. The end result of the story is rather dark (although I suppose I shouldn’t have expected any less) but the true marvel of it is how Kazuo Ishiguro presents the mind and memories as being ever-increasingly fallible. It’s a book that could have been really pretentious but was just honest and true. The reason this gets 3.5 stars is simply that I found myself not super invested in the atmospheric nature of the story - it was less plot focused and I don’t usually gravitate towards books like that even though I can definitely say it was well written. It prompted a lot of reflection for me and I think that’s a beautiful thing.
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