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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
dark
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
sad
tense
dark
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
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:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Sometimes a classic is just that: classic.
There is an incredible potency to those last few pages - a strange electric anticipation before the world is brought crashing down with the last paragraph. I often think about that lost generation, perhaps even specifically those soldiers from the losing nations; coming home to a country which would now be thrust into economic crisis because of reparations that needed paying. Baümer remarks a lot on how he is unable to see a future for himself after the war. Which I suppose is the point; it took his future from him - and would have continued to- in ways he couldn’t yet comprehend.
Switched editions for better translation.