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Voltaire

3.56 AVERAGE

asiftheworld's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous funny inspiring fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

roguedl's review against another edition

4.0

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Muy fan de las competencias por ver quien ha sufrido más.
[Literatura europea del siglo XVIII y XIX]

bbones86's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous funny fast-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

pinkmooon's review against another edition

3.0

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Cheerful nonsense. I looked forward to a new incident of rape and dismemberment on every page. As a satiric attack on thought-terminating optimism, this book has long fulfilled its purpose; indeed the problem now facing us is how to read a newspaper or watch television without thinking we live in a depraved and ruinous world. As a boundary-pushing black comedy, the book still has its merits and deserves to be looked at, but anyone expecting anything intellectual only needs to read about three pages to understand Voltaire's theme.

functionallyava's review against another edition

3.0

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I feel like this was a big joke. I know the purpose is like for philosophy or whatever but it's more of a cursed fever dream?

I think Voltaire has an ass fetish.

dylannnnnn's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

noverkid's review against another edition

2.0

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It was not the best of all possible worlds.

jwolbie's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark emotional funny informative inspiring reflective sad 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: Complicated

w1tchfinger's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny reflective fast-paced

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I enjoyed this. Definitely prompts a giggle. Gives the reader room to nod in agreement, but doesn’t prompt anything particularly philosophically unique. I’m interested in learning more about the history behind this novel.

divinegrace3's review against another edition

4.0

emotional informative sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated