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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
akasbohm's review against another edition
inspiring
medium-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
4.5
pcoulter's review against another edition
2.0
Some interesting bits to it. Mathieu's story is the only plot line that really feels complete.
The entire second portion was a slog, while obviously related in topic to the rest of it - suddenly introducing new characters at the end of the trilogy and changing style, meh ... Sartre sometimes feels like a good writer deliberately pushing himself into writing bad novels. Maybe he got bored with the series, I did too.
The entire second portion was a slog, while obviously related in topic to the rest of it - suddenly introducing new characters at the end of the trilogy and changing style, meh ... Sartre sometimes feels like a good writer deliberately pushing himself into writing bad novels. Maybe he got bored with the series, I did too.
mcleary's review against another edition
4.0
Tomorrow the black birds would come...The haunting, foreboding line that finishes this book, which though brilliant is I think the weakest of the trilogy. It focuses on less characters than the previous two instalments, though dwells on them for longer stretches of time. Time with Brunet in the prison camp dragged on a little too long for me and I would have liked to have found out what was happening with the others: Marcelle, Daniel, Boris and Ivich etc. Only Mathieu really achieves closure: 'Christ. Suppose I turned out to be a coward. That would be the last straw.' Do we really know who or what we are until circumstance reveals our true nature to us? Again some brilliant, beautiful lines. His writing is harsh, brutal and completely unsentimental. He really has written a book that is 'beautiful, hard as nails and makes you ashamed of your existence.'
scodoc's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
quilant's review against another edition
1.0
The most interesting part of this book was the first 30 or so pages with a story and character that were never returned to. Instead the second half of the book, Part II, spent 200 pages talking about the incredibly dull life of French prisoners of war and was mostly very uninteresting lectures about socialism and spent way too much time sympathizing with Nazis.
Didn’t realize this book was also part three of a series, but from other reviews it seems like the entire end chunk was totally unrelated to the previous books (and that only one character of many from the previous books even got a real ending).
Didn’t realize this book was also part three of a series, but from other reviews it seems like the entire end chunk was totally unrelated to the previous books (and that only one character of many from the previous books even got a real ending).
bigboobs's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
informative
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75