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dark
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Provocadora novela con un personaje con una voz muy lograda, que logra trasmitir la desesperación, desconexión, tristeza, etc. que caracterizan su mirada. Puede parecer odiosa si creemos la opinión del narrador pero claramente se nos dibuja una persona amargada, penosa, que no encaja en la sociedad, y con ella se dibuja una crítica a la propia sociedad. Sorprende el tipo de lenguaje cuidado y a veces hasta culto que utiliza con lo zafio y tosco de sus opiniones llenas de prejuicios. Aunque no nos guste, en este narrador reconocemos a personas reales y por eso quizá nos escama tanto.
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
reflective
medium-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
dark
tense
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
Te hundís junto al personaje principal.
Buen libro.
Buen libro.
dark
funny
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:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
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:
Complicated
Graphic: Mental illness
I didn’t like this book until I finished it. I think that it is almost boring until part 2, which doesn’t really even get exciting until the end. Part 3 is where it really shines, but i understand it needing the first two parts to really work. It was okay overall, and Im definitely going to read another by Houllebecq to make up my mind about him definitively. It did what I wanted it to do.
dark
funny
reflective
sad
medium-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
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
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
A simple story. Explores the same general themes of his other books.
Buiten enkele observaties over onze maatschappij die relevant zijn tot op de dag van vandaag, heeft het nihilisme in dit boek me enkel maar geërgerd