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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
Berlin Duvarı varken başlayan bir aşk Hans ve Katherina'nınki. Yaşlarının toplamı yüz eden çift, manipülasyon, aşk ve şiddet dolu bir ilişkinin içindeler. Almanya'yı ayıran duvar yıkılırken onların ilişkileri de yavaş yavaş sona yaklaşıyor. Erpenbeck benim favori yazarlarımdan biri. Toplumsal tarih ile bireysel tarihi iç içe geçirirek çok başarılı romanlara imza attığını düşünüyorum. Kimi okurlar yer yer sert bulabilir bu eseri ama ben sevdim. İçinde bulunulması zor ilişkileri, tarihsel olaylara eşlik eden hikayeleri okumaktan hoşlananlar sevecektir.
emotional
reflective
slow-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
Meiner Meinung nach ist das Buch zu lang, wodurch sich vorallem der zweite Teil extrem zäh liest. Man könnte zwar dagegen halten, dass dieses zähe & absehbare Ende intendiert ist, um die Parallele zum Ende der DDR zu ziehen, aber ich denke das Buch hätte insgesamt dennoch von einigen Kürzungen profitiert. Das zentrale Thema: die ungleiche Beziehung/Affäre zwischen den Hauptcharakteren. Wir verfolgen die beiden vom romantischen Beginn bis hin zum unglücklichen Ende und durch die (sehr lange) langsame Phase der Trennung. Gleichzeitig verfolgen wir parallel die historischen Geschehnisse der DDR-Zeit bis hin zur Wende. Wie die Autorin beides miteinander verwebt und sprachlich symbolisiert ist sehr eindrucksvoll.
I can't believe I was only to page 60 when I set this aside like a year ago. I went to book club because why not. I put it down because I was so over older-male, younger-female, dysthymic, European anti-romances. (I had just read Trespasses, among others.) Some of the club members said the ending was confusing, there was a Blair Witch moment where they wondered if they were having a stroke, and the book was "great but unpleasant, with horrible characters." It is probably history metaphor, so if that appeals and you want to look some stuff up, fine, but grooming was definitely mentioned, so no thanks for me. Not right now.
challenging
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It is entirely boring to hear two people fawn over each other for an entire book and be so wrapped up in their low-stakes romantic psychodrama. Made even more tedious by the endless pretentious descriptions of music and theatre that unless you had an encyclopaedic knowledge of all the references, make the pace so slow.
Unsympathische Charaktere und eine Handlung, die nicht befriedigt. Ich verstehe nicht wofür die Preise vergeben werden. Ich habe mich fast durchgehend durch dieses Buch gequält und konnte konnte weder den Personen noch der Geschichte etwas abgewinnen.
challenging
emotional
funny
medium-paced
I was surprised at how much I loved this book. I do live in Berlin, in Prenzlauer Berg, so that helped my enjoyment immensely. The ending was fantastic, I wondered how on earth it would wrap up and why it was called Kairos, but I was pleasantly surprised. I will read more of Erpenbeck’s novels for sure!
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Honestly, this just got tiring to read. I felt like the characters just spent the whole book in indecision while whining about their indecision. The age gap made it hard to care about the relationship.