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4.01 AVERAGE
4.01 AVERAGE
I read because it's assigned reading for my daughter's HS IB program. I'm glad it was short. It isn't bad, and even though it's set in the 1800's, change a few details and it could easily be set in the present in the U.S.. Not so much has changed.
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My friend won’t read this because I described it as “awful” so he necessarily thinks it is sad. I would not describe Ivan Ilyich’s death as sad per se, but rather as depressing and disturbing and isolating. Death tends to be sad (and maybe I’m just saying this because I have never died before) because the people, friends, and family are sad over their dying/dead loved one. This book is sad because none of those people are sad. It is sad because they are all inconvenienced. We all eventually have to face the final act of death alone. No one can come with us. But Ivan Ilyich suffers day and night for weeks locked in his room all alone, so when he finally dies it actually liberates him from a loneliness he didn’t have to suffer but did: the pain of abandonment. 5 stars!
Maybe I will tell my friend that the Death of Ivan Ilych is more of a burden than a sob story, then it will surely interest him, right? /s
Maybe I will tell my friend that the Death of Ivan Ilych is more of a burden than a sob story, then it will surely interest him, right? /s
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Tenho tido vários problemas com os mestres russos, não me consigo ligar com as suas descrições, os seus personagens, os seus cenários, mas A Morte de Ivan Ilitch é todo um outro universo literário. É uma obra poderosa de síntese da existência, de alguém que às portas da morte se questiona sobre se terá valido a pena, se terá agido de forma correcta. É um trabalho pungente na arte de descrever, mas é-o também na arte de contar. Tolstoi consegue em poucas páginas colocar-nos aos pés de Ilitch.