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Absalomie, Absalomie... by William Faulkner

11 reviews

wanderaerrr's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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bookish_bry's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

This is a hard, hard read. It's only about 300 pages, but it's so dense (which I've come to expect from Faulkner). The narrative structure is very interesting and I like that there is a lot of ambiguity about what really happened to these people who are mostly all dead during or by the end of the story. It also gives a very complicated view of the south during the just pre to post-civil war. Most of the characters aren't good people, some of them are very bad people, but they all seem to be people. Honestly, the last paragraph of the novel bumped up the rating by 1/4 point because it really drove home the point of the novel in a way I didn't really see upon the first read until that point.

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micaelacccc's review against another edition

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slow-paced

3.0

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surrealfiction's review against another edition

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challenging dark medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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rsoul's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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locke_reads's review against another edition

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challenging slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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abby23's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced

Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

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ellaschalski's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

Read for class.

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francescacorin's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Southern gothic, multiple timelines and narrators adding to a cacophany of coexisting voices. Nature of memory is a strong theme. Rot in the family - dark and dusty.

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justinlife's review against another edition

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challenging dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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