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Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

3.46 AVERAGE

dannaemh's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

zomerhanna's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rasims's review against another edition

3.5

dark reflective sad slow-paced

juliejh's review against another edition

4.5

challenging emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lucyebradley7's review against another edition

3.25

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

anndas's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

friendofgosig's review against another edition

4.5

challenging reflective medium-paced

I started this book while visiting Berlin, the day after seeing the DDR museum. I think this really helped me relate to this book in a way that I wouldn’t have done sitting at home and not being able to visualise the Berlin that the characters lived in.

This is not a happy book, but it is deeply moving at many levels. The correlation of Hans and Katerina’s relationship with the politics of post-war Germany was cleverly done, and there were many layers to the narrative. I will happily read this again, perhaps after learning more about this period in history. There are certainly connections that I won’t have made, but that just means there is more to engage with next time.

kalriia22's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 46%

I wanted to like this but I couldn't get into it. I didn't like the characters and I didn't care for their relationship. I liked the historical and political tidbits but it wasn't enough to keep me interested. It really just goes on and on like an endless dialogue that feels like it's going nowhere. I'm just not in the mood for that right now.