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Rutto

Albert Camus

3.92 AVERAGE

dark emotional reflective slow-paced
reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I don’t know why this took me over a year to read. It had some of the most beautiful writing
dark emotional slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated


What an absolutely stunning grasp Camus has over prose.
I think that, not dissimilar to his other works, this is one of those books that I will be thinking about, and referring back to for the remainder of my life.
As well, I think that this is a book that will get better and better the more that I think and read through it. I think that this will absolutely benefit from further re-reads.

Comparing the content of this book through the lens of post 2020 with the COVID-19 pandemic is absolutely shocking. It also shows that people do not change.

I am so goddamn glad to be interested in Camus' work- the absurdist/ existentialist view is great. 

um livro muito bom. apesar de ter gostado mais das partes onde o “narrador” apenas contava a história do que propriamente dos diálogos e das personagens em si, gostei muito do livro como um todo e é assustador o quão atual é. há muito que não lia um livro com citações tão bonitas! deixo abaixo três das minhas preferidas:

“esta separação brutal, sem meio-termo, sem futuro previsível, deixava-nos perturbados, incapazes de reagir contra a lembrança dessa presença, ainda tão próxima e já tão distante, que ocupava agora os nossos dias. Na verdade, sofríamos duas vezes: o nosso sofrimento, em primeiro lugar, e, em seguida, aquele que imaginávamos aos ausentes - filhos, esposas ou amantes.”

“porque o amor exige um pouco de futuro e para nós só havia instantes”

“o nosso amor, sem dúvida, estava presente ainda, mas simplesmente era inútil, pesado, inerte, estéril, como o crime ou a condenação. não era mais do que paciência sem futuro e uma espera obstinada”

I should have read it during the pandemic. Fuck.
emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It could only be an account of what had to be accomplished, and what will doubtless have to be accomplished again, against terror and its relentless weapon, by all people who, despite their personal heartbreaks, unable to be saints and refusing to accept scourges, nonetheless resolve to become doctors.
dark emotional sad tense slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No