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shaunaxx's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
aoifer's review against another edition
challenging
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
orneryalways's review against another edition
Really tough for me to adjust to the dialect of Irish characters. I would like to pick it up again someday after I’ve enjoyed a dark pint or two.
albon's review against another edition
1.0
2019 review:
i'm sure it's a classic for a reason, and that reason is probably that people are smarter than me, but in my opinion this wasn't interesting and there were no funny bits. if anything it just felt like proof that men in the 1930s could write literally any words in a completely random order and publishers were just like "ah. yes. genius". i know it's unfair to start drawing comparisons when you've just finished a really good book, but i'm gonna do it anyway: this book was first published in 1939. i just finished The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter yesterday, which was published in 1940. without having read anything else they've written, carson mccullers was a better writer when she was 23 than flann o'brien was at 28. women stay winning.
i'm sure it's a classic for a reason, and that reason is probably that people are smarter than me, but in my opinion this wasn't interesting and there were no funny bits. if anything it just felt like proof that men in the 1930s could write literally any words in a completely random order and publishers were just like "ah. yes. genius". i know it's unfair to start drawing comparisons when you've just finished a really good book, but i'm gonna do it anyway: this book was first published in 1939. i just finished The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter yesterday, which was published in 1940. without having read anything else they've written, carson mccullers was a better writer when she was 23 than flann o'brien was at 28. women stay winning.
nothingisreal420's review against another edition
I think I’m too dumb to fully grasp this book. The few parts I did understand grabbed my attention and held it until another of his transcripts appeared and it would lose me completely. I’ll come back to it eventually bjt for the moment it’ll stay dnf
afvick's review against another edition
3.0
The edition of this I have was really uncomfortable to hold and I honestly think it ruined the book for me
the_lilypad's review against another edition
I don’t think I’m smart enough for this book. It’s so confusing. I have no idea what’s going on. And I hate the main character
rpmahnke's review against another edition
4.0
Read in the Everyman's Library edition of the Complete Novels of Flann O'Brien:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1003981.The_Complete_Novels
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1003981.The_Complete_Novels