1.91k reviews for:

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

3.47 AVERAGE

faih's review against another edition

3.0

dark emotional 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

alixf889's review against another edition

3.25

emotional reflective 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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Beautiful writing but I don’t think I fully connected with this. 

maureen_coeck's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark emotional informative mysterious 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

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Really liked the first 100 odd pages, but then the author lost me with the confusing writing style, lack of clarity and the drawn out affair. 

alagility's review against another edition

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lack of punctuation, constant perspective changes, and present/past timeframe was all too confusing, ultimately making the book to difficult to read. 

flahri's review against another edition

2.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

khesseltine's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional informative reflective sad 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

fibeamac's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark tense slow-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

jantschik's review against another edition

1.0

dark emotional reflective 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

mlennox's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional informative reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

mkmiller's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional sad tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes