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maithaalfalasi's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Graphic: Blood
Moderate: Forced institutionalization
Minor: Cursing, Animal cruelty, and Mental illness
urfavpunk's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Murder, Death, and Blood
Moderate: Racial slurs, Animal cruelty, and Sexism
alexandra_skl's review against another edition
4.25
Graphic: Blood, Violence, Animal death, Animal cruelty, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Car accident, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, and Forced institutionalization
lisa_m's review against another edition
3.5
I 100% understand why people love this book. It has just been extremely tedious to read and I had to motivate myself a lot to get through it all.
The first 200 pages are basically just world building/ giving the readers all the knowledge they need in order to understand and enjoy the second half. It got really boring for me to the point where I would literally fall asleep after reading 3 pages (multiple times!!). I did not enjoy the first half. There were some very funny bits but most of it was exhausting.
Minor spoilers ahead
When I got to the second half though my opinion changed completely. I still think it's funny that the main protagonist (after whom the book is named!) Only appear halfway into the book. But as soon as we got to meet Magarita I started liking the book. I really enjoyed her character and story. Also the whole Satans Ball was super fun. I also finally felt like I understood Woland and the others.
The whole becoming a witch thing was entertaining and I finally understood why you need the first half because I wouldn't have understood anything in the second part if I hadn't read the first part.
Still I think it's ridiculous that you need to get through 200 pages(!!) to get to the really good part.
I want to give this book 4 stars but I really can't so 3.5 will have to do.
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Mental illness, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Animal cruelty, Classism, Murder, Blood, Gaslighting, Gun violence, and Kidnapping
bluejayreads's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
3.75
Graphic: Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Death
Moderate: Gun violence, Gore, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Body horror
Minor: Cancer, Infidelity, and Animal cruelty
franzischi's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
Graphic: Racial slurs, Murder, Violence, Blood, Death, Terminal illness, Injury/Injury detail, and Mental illness
fyre_flies's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Graphic: Death and Violence
Moderate: Alcohol, Blood, Forced institutionalization, and Infidelity
Minor: Gore
clairvoyant's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Moderate: Blood, Body horror, and Death
Minor: Forced institutionalization and Suicide attempt
allisoncc's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
It's definitely Russian Literature and may be a difficult read. It is certainly slow paced in one sense and extremely fast in another. Part One of the novel feels very disjointed and each chapter is essentially a vignette, Part Two is more cohesive in the narrative, and I'm not certain Part One is edited down to it's best ability. This is a book about The Devil so be sure to check out any content warnings.
Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Forced institutionalization, and Infidelity
Moderate: Alcoholism, Blood, Cursing, Gun violence, Terminal illness, and Violence
Minor: Cancer