599 reviews for:

Onze avonden

Alan Hollinghurst

3.95 AVERAGE

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

Took me a while to get into this but I’m glad I persevered, as I couldn’t put the latter half down. A beautifully written, moving story about race, class, sexuality and life, the characters were believable and it felt very real
reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Found this a difficult read. Some parts were really captivating, but most of it felt overcompensated with elaborative and descriptive sentences to fill the pages. Also, this book reminded me (from early on) of Ian McEwan 's Atonement, but as a rundowned version..
challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes