Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck

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Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

3.47 AVERAGE

indou's review against another edition

2.0
dark reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mwinters__'s review against another edition

5.0
Devastating but my god I can’t imagine being possibly more impressed by a novel
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singoneiknow's review against another edition

2.75
dark emotional sad 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

blackrainbows's review against another edition

3.0
It has good writing, the artistic value of it is high. However, i hated the characters throughout the book and at some points I felt disgusted. I couldn't really relate to any of their problems and I didn't understand why they were even together. Despite loving the narration style and the description of societal issues at the end of 80s, it wasn't enough to make me love this book. It's not a bad read, if you don't mind reading about people who are being really annoying. I'll probably read some other books from the author later, because she's talented, this just wasn't it.
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harlanh's review against another edition

3.5
challenging emotional 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

falselankum's review against another edition

3.5
challenging dark reflective slow-paced

aavaner's review against another edition

2.5
reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

susannacirca1973's review against another edition

Lots to discuss. The relationship mirrors the political transformation of Germany at the time, and vice versa (sort of). Depths to this story and the quality of writing.
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jasperge's review against another edition

2.0
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

aimroth12's review against another edition

3.75
dark 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