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Hermann Hesse

4.05 AVERAGE

almostbasic's review against another edition

4.25

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

jimeduza's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

elsalfreda's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

sadd's review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional mysterious 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

binninnita's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional inspiring sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

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mfdelpino's review against another edition

4.0

challenging mysterious 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: Complicated

cjohnsrud's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective fast-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

moyoyoshi's review against another edition

4.25

challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

morethanever's review against another edition

4.5

mysterious reflective fast-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

ggsynergy's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous challenging dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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a wonderful coming-of-age story mixed with philosophical insight! all within 143 pages. Herman Hesse is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. It was especially meaningful to me because of the biblical allusions and protagonist’s catholic childhood. Maybe not as touching for everyone.