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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
adventurous
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
As a lover of mountains and mountain stories, I expected to fall in love with Paolo Cognetti's The Eight Mountains. And I did, to an extent, but I never truly felt that intrigued by the story or its characters. This feels like one that I might get more out of if I were to revisit it later in life.
The Eight Mountains is a story of two boys, city-dwelling Pietro and village-boy Bruno, and their friendship that extends into adulthood. Pietro's father lives for his trips to the mountains and tries to extend that same passion to Pietro, but it takes Pietro many more years to understand his father's perspective. The narrative takes place over several decades, weaving in and out of pivotal moments of Pietro's life.
This is a very slow-paced, meditative book, with beautiful nature writing. The descriptions and metaphors were my favorite part. It's also a very masculine book, with female characters who are very much in the side of the narrative. It worked, although I thought Pietro's mother and Bruno's girlfriend Lara were some of the more interesting characters, and I wish they'd gotten more page time.
This is an objectively well-written book, and I can see how it might be someone's favorite. Unfortunately, I just didn't connect with it very deeply on this read.
The Eight Mountains is a story of two boys, city-dwelling Pietro and village-boy Bruno, and their friendship that extends into adulthood. Pietro's father lives for his trips to the mountains and tries to extend that same passion to Pietro, but it takes Pietro many more years to understand his father's perspective. The narrative takes place over several decades, weaving in and out of pivotal moments of Pietro's life.
This is a very slow-paced, meditative book, with beautiful nature writing. The descriptions and metaphors were my favorite part. It's also a very masculine book, with female characters who are very much in the side of the narrative. It worked, although I thought Pietro's mother and Bruno's girlfriend Lara were some of the more interesting characters, and I wish they'd gotten more page time.
This is an objectively well-written book, and I can see how it might be someone's favorite. Unfortunately, I just didn't connect with it very deeply on this read.
adventurous
emotional
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
reflective
slow-paced
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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
emotional
reflective
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
reflective
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
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
inspiring
lighthearted
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
Wunderschön
Eine Gegenüberstellung von einem falsch gesetzten Fokus und der Verschwendung von Lebenszeit, und einem Leben, um des Lebens Willen. Beider Herzen verankert in Stein, deren Schläge stark genug sind Lawinen auszulösen.
Von Träumen, die zu Ruinen werden, wenn die Realität sie einholt und von der Flucht vor der Unfreiheit.
Eine Gegenüberstellung von einem falsch gesetzten Fokus und der Verschwendung von Lebenszeit, und einem Leben, um des Lebens Willen. Beider Herzen verankert in Stein, deren Schläge stark genug sind Lawinen auszulösen.
Von Träumen, die zu Ruinen werden, wenn die Realität sie einholt und von der Flucht vor der Unfreiheit.