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Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

3.47 AVERAGE

dark emotional sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
slow-paced
challenging dark informative slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark reflective 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 dark informative tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional tense slow-paced
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I find this a bit hard to rate - Hans made me increasingly furious and I had a lot to say about him, which is a sign of the book doing its job quite well.
But also, the book left me wishing for more. Some things were just described, without giving much of an insight of the charachter's feelings and thoughts. That may be deliberate at times, but sometimes I need a fuller picture (may be a me-problem). Also, the political system didn't play much of a role until the DDR was coming to its end, I was hoping for a little more.
challenging dark reflective sad 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
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
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DID NOT FINISH: 46%

I should've stopped at page 97 (iykyk)