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Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

3.47 AVERAGE

selykyles's review against another edition

2.0

dark sad tense slow-paced

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I think the relationship between Hams and Katharina is supposed to parallel the breakdown of the GDR and then somehow reunification with FDR, but god knows how. So confusing. In the main, an abusive relationship between a 19 year old and a 50-something year old. Massive power imbalance. A lot of words that didn't seem to mean anything, fairly sure I skimmed for the most part. Still cannot figure out their initial meeting and I re-read that 3 times.
Like other prize winners it tries too hard to be clever.
In saying this, I wonder what it would've been like reading it in German...
Oh, and I am sure I read that she commited murder of 3 people but can't for the life of me figure it out - may have been a weird hallucination or fantasy sequence

Content Warnings

erayreray's review against another edition

3.0

cool history but i needed hans smacked in the face with an axe

starlo66's review against another edition

4.0

Hailed as a modern classic and hard to disagree.

katom6878's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

adylanreadsinbrooklyn's review against another edition

4.75

dark informative reflective medium-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

geektastic87's review against another edition

3.5

challenging 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

aycaderin's review against another edition

3.0

Maalesef bitiremedim. Biraz sıkıldım. Kitabın konusunu çok sevmeme rağmen, ilerleyemedim. Bu sevenlerin neden sevdiğini anlamakla birlikte, o kadar uzun bir hikâyeye şu anlık tahammülüm düşüktü belki. Neyse, az kalan bir kısmını bir ara bitiririm, belki.