Reviews

Foe by J.M. Coetzee

ayaminerva's review

adventurous challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

judi_ly's review

challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

makayla_muir's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

Nothing about this book stood out to me as remarkably good or remarkably bad. I feel overall indifferent to it. 

missbookiverse's review against another edition

3.0

Der Anfang gefiel mir gut und ich fand auch interessant wie die Robinson Crusoe Idee auf den Kopf gestellt wurde, aber irgendwann habe ich den Faden verloren und war am Ende ziemlich ratlos. Es gab Ansätze von Metafiktion und auch irgendwie Kritik am Kolonialismus, aber so richtig konnte ich mir daraus kein stimmiges Ganzes formen. Wäre sicher hilfreich, das Buch mal im universalen Kontext zu lesen und zu diskutieren.

bobbygw's review against another edition

dark mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

moeljo's review

challenging mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

What does it mean to be a writer? What is at stake?

alexheartsavril's review

slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Extremely meta

eyeoweyooone's review against another edition

3.0

Asks interesting questions but cannot help but explain itself to a superfluous extent when it asks them :/

annaha99's review

challenging mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

mdrosend's review

challenging emotional mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0