949 reviews for:

Nutcracker

E.T.A. Hoffmann

3.65 AVERAGE

kristinereads73's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

louise_katharina's review against another edition

2.5

adventurous lighthearted 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

veronika1235's review against another edition

3.25

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

marcrnt's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional mysterious relaxing 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

dtodd's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous hopeful lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

ciaralindner's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

maggie24601's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous lighthearted medium-paced

mbarkley's review against another edition

2.0

lighthearted slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

threeundertwopnw's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Bizarre and macabre, I'm glad I read this collection of gothic horror but I never plan to read them again. I'm guessing Hoffman did a lot of opium or something. 

foldingthepage_kayleigh's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

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This was a 2 hour radio play by BBC and I loved it. What a magical way to tell the story and the narrators and sound effects were fantastic! I hadn’t read the story before so I had a great time hearing the actual story that all the retellings are based on. Add this to your Christmas audiobook TBR if you haven’t already.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Violence, Blood, War, Injury/Injury detail