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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
dark
medium-paced
It's poignant, but with little action. Patience is the key to finishing this novel.
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The Woman in the Dunes is Kobo Abe most well-known book, and considered as masterpiece. This book is about an amateur entomologist who embark in a long journey to find a new species of sand beetle, as he knows that the discovery of new species will earn him a place in illustrated encyclopedias of entomology. What he didn't know is that the remote area surrounds by the dunes, a weird villagers will tricked and trapped him with a lonely widow in a deep pits shored by sand drift wall. While being trapped, he been entrusted to shoveling the persistent and never-ending sands that could buried him and the women alive.
I understand why this book is famous and loved. Kobo Abe's writing is phenomenal. Not only he able to capture the transitions in the main character’s emotions (the desperation, the betrayal of being deceived, helpless, isolation), but he also convey such a clear & splendid visual where we feel the 'horror' and fear toward the sand, especially where the man constantly clearing the sand from every crack and crevice of his body.
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I understand why this book is famous and loved. Kobo Abe's writing is phenomenal. Not only he able to capture the transitions in the main character’s emotions (the desperation, the betrayal of being deceived, helpless, isolation), but he also convey such a clear & splendid visual where we feel the 'horror' and fear toward the sand, especially where the man constantly clearing the sand from every crack and crevice of his body.
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Possibly the most intimate of all Dune prequels. Pre-Butlerian jihad period, an unsympathetic main character obsessed with sand and bugs, very rapey. Couldn't wait for Shai Hulud — bless the coming and going of Him, may His passage cleanse the world — to devour him.
Also, something-something-existential-something, probably.
Also, something-something-existential-something, probably.
Really not my sort of thing.
Have enjoyed a bunch of distinctly Japanese books but not this one.
I enjoyed it for a bit at about the 65% mark but that didn’t last.
Have enjoyed a bunch of distinctly Japanese books but not this one.
I enjoyed it for a bit at about the 65% mark but that didn’t last.
challenging
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated