1.92k reviews for:

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

3.47 AVERAGE

lturriani's review against another edition

3.0

challenging reflective tense 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

raquelftimponi's review against another edition

2.0

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: No

laisrf's review against another edition

1.0

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Unlikeable characters and a story that drags on forever and is profoundly unsatisfying. If you happened to be sitting in a Dresden tram last evening and saw someone repeatedly letting out exasperated sighs and eyerolling while forcing herself to read through the last 50-100 pages of a book: that was me.

jamieglitter's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark 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

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Doesn’t matter how great the time/setting is, it’s still a story of two boring people in a pedophilloic relationship.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Toxic relationship

thaliaeyles's review against another edition

2.75

medium-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

sarah_g_reads's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A challenging read, densely packed with cultural references, it was hard to absorb these and stay connected to the characters. 

adrianaballas's review against another edition

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This book was so boring it made me not believe in fiction. But it did inspire me to start my theory and philosophy reading era . 

rocknrolljoel's review against another edition

2.75

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

samanthakayla's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Hans is the worst. But I really enjoyed how the author wrote about someone in the East would talk about the West. Especially after the wall fell.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

brujaverde's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad medium-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

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makes modern dating look not too bad idk