Reviews

Der Trafikant by Robert Seethaler

joyfilledwander's review against another edition

emotional sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

sophiebalophy's review against another edition

• Loveable characters? No

1.5

Read it for english to do a "personal response" (I chose the book), I chose the book bc it was short and it was historical fiction.. wow. Honestly it was pretty rubbish. The main character was an absolute idiot and I spent the whole book hating him lol 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ wouldn't recommend.

aylospasta's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.75

m_welham_64's review against another edition

dark funny sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

In some respects an atypical ´coming of age’ narrative - with a dark thread running through the book.

johannananananana's review against another edition

dark emotional inspiring reflective sad 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

5.0

_anna_esque_'s review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense 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? No

4.0

squirrel66's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

I'm glad I tried another book by this author. I read "A whole life" twice and I really didn't get the hype.
The narrative style is very similar, but this book had way more gravitas for me because it painted a picture of a life in Austria in the time just before WW2. It felt like this book (unlike "a whole life", in my opinion) knew what it wanted to show us as readers.
I enjoyed that it was just an ordinary person experiencing life (and other personalities), and not the super political hero with nowaday's point of view.

And btw, as a German, I am glad that this is a story by an Austrian author telling a story of this time in Vienna, also showing how a lot of Austrian people welcomed the Nazis or didn't really care too much about what they did, as long as they were not the ones worse off. It's time to show more for that part of their history, too.

lazy_lisa's review against another edition

adventurous reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

julehier's review against another edition

5.0

Inhalt bestürzend- konnte trotzdem nicht aufhören zu lesen, weil es so gut geschrieben war 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide

amy_the_sapphic_bookworm's review against another edition

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0