Reviews - Trainspotting | The StoryGraph

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Trainspotting

Irvine Welsh

4.05 AVERAGE

jakeb479's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

elladensnella's review against another edition

4.75

challenging dark sad medium-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

Svinbra, men tror att originalspråket passar boken ännu bättre

monica27's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

putnam39's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark funny slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

lemonelle's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

It's a very interesting, but also a very messed up book. I loved the way each character was portrayed through language, but it was confusing at the same time. It takes time to get your bearings. It also takes time and effort to follow the story, but I feel like it's worth it. If I read the book again from the start, I would definitely understand so much more and notice so many more details. At times I felt like I need to read through a spark notes version to see the overarching story clearly.
I do still need to sit with the book a little bit to figure out what the author was thinking. Obviously I understand the main point, but I feel like there's so much more in it.