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4.46k reviews for:

Rutto

Albert Camus

3.92 AVERAGE


Like reading a report of the covid epidemic
dark emotional reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

damashin19's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 63%

La forma en la que está narrado el libro es bastante mala en mi opinión. Da muchas vueltas en la misma cosa y por ende se vuelve lento y tedioso 
emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Mtp på koronapandemien var det veldig interessant å lese denne boken. Den handler om byen Oran i Tunisia som blir rammet av pest. Selvom pesten ble håndtert annerledes enn det koronaen ble håndtert, er det overraskende mange likheter. 
Følelsene til innyggerne i Oran blir mye beskrevet. Hvordan de savner sine kjære, hvordan de mister alt håp, og hvordan de lever i nåtiden uten å ha noen framtid. Jeg synes tidvis at disse beskrivelsene ble noe kjedelige, men mot slutten begynte de å treffe skikkelig. Synes slutten var utrolig bra. Beskrivelsene av de ulike skjebnene til Orans innbyggere etter gjennåpningen traff meg virkelig. Både fin og vond på samme tid. 

te quiero albert
challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

entering my Camus era bien fort là
dark emotional reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

A great, shockingly timely read. Loved the first third and was shocked by the similarities. And then I found how close to home it all was a drudge while going through the Covid quarantine (you think?!). The ending is lovely and moving and euphoric and hopefully a harbinger of things to come in the real world.
challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book dragged in the middle which brought it down in stars. Apart from that the characters, setting and elements of the plot felt so real and raw, nothing was didactic but I still finished feeling like life lessons were imparted. Camus Fanclub 4ever