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Albert Camus

3.92 AVERAGE

bodiebg's review against another edition

4.0

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Quiet a good book, explores the human side of the plague in quite a detailed and eerily familiar way. As someone who knows very little about Camus save for he lived through the Algerian war as a child, he got some pretty good ideas about humanity I’d say… innocence is maybe a strength…who knows but love which can be held should do so perchance

music_madeline's review against another edition

2.5

dark emotional reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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At first  was confused by the point of the book while reading. There are some quotes I liked and I especially liked the chapter where Dr Rieux and Tarrou went swimming. At this point I had a greater sense of the philosophical message. I like the concept, but it was a bit slow and philosophically confusing at times. 

thespencerj's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

christa_amnell's review against another edition

3.5

dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emalda's review against another edition

3.5

reflective medium-paced

mitchliona's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

marekstefka's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

eithne_reads's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional sad medium-paced

timaginas's review against another edition

4.0

inspiring reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

aepfelchen's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: N/A

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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"Die Pest" ist besonders dann spannend, wenn man das Buch in seinem historischen Kontext liest - und so als Parabel zum Zweiten Weltkrieg begreifen kann. Wie die Menschen hier gegen die Willkür der Pest ankämpfen, die scheinbar jeden anfallen kann, tun es auch die Menschen im Nationalsozialismus. So kann sich "Die Pest" auch als Plädoyer für den Widerstand lesen lassen, in dem Camus seine eigenen Kriegserfahrungen verarbeitet. Sehr empfehlenswert, aber auch harter Tobak!