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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
challenging
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
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:
Yes
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5 stars
I'm a little confused after finishing it. To be fair, it was a little bit difficult to get into it. Yet it did have quite a few good thought pearls, and I feel like maybe upon a reread and a reflection I'd understand and like the book better. But right now I'm still a little confused and dazed. I think it's partially the monologue style, while also sustaining the pretense that it is a dialogue, as well as the feeling that the talk never ends, it continues to stream out of the narrator's mouth even after the last page as it had been before the first page was ever written.
Anyhow, this is a reminder to reread this when I feel a bit more sane and see if I can get to the depths of Camus' creation.
I'm a little confused after finishing it. To be fair, it was a little bit difficult to get into it. Yet it did have quite a few good thought pearls, and I feel like maybe upon a reread and a reflection I'd understand and like the book better. But right now I'm still a little confused and dazed. I think it's partially the monologue style, while also sustaining the pretense that it is a dialogue, as well as the feeling that the talk never ends, it continues to stream out of the narrator's mouth even after the last page as it had been before the first page was ever written.
Anyhow, this is a reminder to reread this when I feel a bit more sane and see if I can get to the depths of Camus' creation.
dark
reflective
sad
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:
Yes
Never reading French existentialist philosophy literature again
Audiobook is not the right format for me to focus on the book, will need to try again with paper copy
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A drunken disgraced former lawyer monologues his life to a stranger.