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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
great! listened to the audibook. Might have enjoyed it even more if I had read it.
A Horse Walks into a Bar is a very well written, well thought out and well executed book. However, it's not easy to read. Whilst reading I felt a constant pressure in my head. The heaviness of the book, whilst being so subtle at first, had a physical impact on me. I don't know how David Grossman did that, but I guess props to him.
I do not like stand up comedy very often, because I feel the humor can be a cheap shot. You can see that in this book as well, but somehow it fits. I didn't laugh at the jokes, but liking those is not necessary for the story. It serves the purpose of showing the unraveling of our main character and it's so well and subtlety done.
The ending I loved. It made the constant struggle worth it. Whilst reading I didn't know that I'd started caring for our main character, but at the end I could definitely feel it.
I do not like stand up comedy very often, because I feel the humor can be a cheap shot. You can see that in this book as well, but somehow it fits. I didn't laugh at the jokes, but liking those is not necessary for the story. It serves the purpose of showing the unraveling of our main character and it's so well and subtlety done.
The ending I loved. It made the constant struggle worth it. Whilst reading I didn't know that I'd started caring for our main character, but at the end I could definitely feel it.
This was excellent. Alternating hilarious and heart wrenching.
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I had to rate this four stars. Not because I enjoyed it, I didn’t. It gets four stars because it did exactly what it set out to do. It made me uncomfortable and irritated. It made me squirm and beg for it to be over.
This was really good, I think about it a lot.
I also highly recommend reading the Hebrew version if you can.
I also highly recommend reading the Hebrew version if you can.
dark
reflective
slow-paced
öncelikle kitabı dinlediğimi belirteyim, bu da bi stand-up gösterisi vasıtasıyla anlatılan bir kitap için bence artı puan; levent ünsal çok güzel seslendirmiş. her iki karakterin de hakkını vermiş, ağzına sağlık. fakat kitapla ilgili -genel anlamda beğensem de- adını koyamadığım bi gıcıklık var, tam anlamıyla sevmeme engel oluyor. muhtemelen en çok bu kadar uzun uzadıya anlatılan hikayenin (hakimin arka planda anlattığı değil, dovaleh’in hikayesinin) aslında kısa bir şey olması beni biraz bunaltmış olabilir. dinlemek yerine okusam muhtemelen daha çok sıkılırdım.