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anagrelle's review against another edition
2.0
Je pensais que j’allais adorer. J’ai pas accroché et ça m’a saoulé. Je comprends pourquoi il est génial et l’univers créé est vraiment intéressant à plusieurs niveaux mais j’ai vraiment pas réussi à apprécier ma lecture :(
borumi's review against another edition
4.0
Wow. This novel started off as one of those dreamy paintings of Marc Chagall where the people seem to take wings and float up in the rainbow and marzipan-scented air just to land a kiss on the lover's cheek. But then, after the ominous shortcut through the copper mine, this turns into a grotesquely surreal painting reminiscent of Dali. It had its mildly sharp witted stabs at the capitalist society in the beginning but in the end it becomes as inhumane as a butcher's knife slicing everyone into a pile of flesh like a painting of Francis Bacon.
Like the rose on the missile rejected and stained with blood, the romantic poetry becomes sullen with reality that is even more surreal than the fantasy of love.
I have been wondering why the title of the movie became Mood Indigo. Indigo is the deepest blue and Mood Indigo is Duke Ellington's jazz standard. On reading the book I felt the jazzy beat that pulse throughout the pianocktail and biglemoi but ended up feeling the blues hidden beneath the luxurious facade. It's extremely difficult to explain this synesthetic and surreal work in mere words. I think it would be better to express it in the taste or fragrance of a fantastic cocktail with a bitter aftertaste that may leave a terrible hangover afterwards.
Like the rose on the missile rejected and stained with blood, the romantic poetry becomes sullen with reality that is even more surreal than the fantasy of love.
I have been wondering why the title of the movie became Mood Indigo. Indigo is the deepest blue and Mood Indigo is Duke Ellington's jazz standard. On reading the book I felt the jazzy beat that pulse throughout the pianocktail and biglemoi but ended up feeling the blues hidden beneath the luxurious facade. It's extremely difficult to explain this synesthetic and surreal work in mere words. I think it would be better to express it in the taste or fragrance of a fantastic cocktail with a bitter aftertaste that may leave a terrible hangover afterwards.
kq5's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
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? Yes
4.25
isabelwest's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
slow-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? No
3.0
swannarchie's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
giforiss's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
patriciamf06's review against another edition
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.5
astrono9's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
relaxing
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
_dunno_'s review against another edition
3.0
One might like this book for many reasons: because it's a love story, because it's unconventional, quite bohemian [amelie poulain-like] and maybe even because it's surrealistic and s.f. i called this book a collective bildungsroman, because i have the feeling all characters undergo major changes during the book.
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o carte care place in primul rind pentru ca e o poveste de dragoste, in al doilea rind pentru ca e neconventionala si nu in ultimul rind pentru ca e de o boemie specifica lui amelie poulain. si-ar mai fi un rind, pentru cei interesati :p, cartea combina cu succes realitatea cu s.f.-ul si cu suprarealismul.
personajele, care pot fi usor grupate in cupluri, chloe-colin, alise-chick, isis-nicolas, traiesc fara preocupari cotidiene concrete. chick e gata sa se falimenteze si sa renunte la dragostea pentru alise de dragul colectionarii operei lui jean-sol partre iar colin considera ca munca il coboara pe om la nivelul masinii. cu toate astea, in final, cu totii ajung sa experimenteze lucrurile de care fug la inceput: munca, probleme financiare si moarte, motiv pentru care indraznesc sa numesc lucrarea lui vian un bildungsroman colectiv. despre povestea principala, dragostea dintre colin si chloe, n-o sa spun nimic, pentru ca detalii se gasesc mai peste tot. mai bine citeva citate:
mai intotdeauna era bine dispus; restul timpului, dormea.
usa de la intrare se inchise in urma lui cu zgomotul unui sarut pe-un umar gol.
pe mine nu ma intereseaza fericirea tuturor oamenilor ci a fiecaruia in parte.
-ce-ar fi sa cint 'misty morning'? propuse anticarul. oare-i buna?
-da, spuse colin.are un efect formidabil. produce un cocteil gris-perle si verde de izma, cu gust de piper si de fum.
a se citi avind in casti muzica lui duke ellington.
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o carte care place in primul rind pentru ca e o poveste de dragoste, in al doilea rind pentru ca e neconventionala si nu in ultimul rind pentru ca e de o boemie specifica lui amelie poulain. si-ar mai fi un rind, pentru cei interesati :p, cartea combina cu succes realitatea cu s.f.-ul si cu suprarealismul.
personajele, care pot fi usor grupate in cupluri, chloe-colin, alise-chick, isis-nicolas, traiesc fara preocupari cotidiene concrete. chick e gata sa se falimenteze si sa renunte la dragostea pentru alise de dragul colectionarii operei lui jean-sol partre iar colin considera ca munca il coboara pe om la nivelul masinii. cu toate astea, in final, cu totii ajung sa experimenteze lucrurile de care fug la inceput: munca, probleme financiare si moarte, motiv pentru care indraznesc sa numesc lucrarea lui vian un bildungsroman colectiv. despre povestea principala, dragostea dintre colin si chloe, n-o sa spun nimic, pentru ca detalii se gasesc mai peste tot. mai bine citeva citate:
mai intotdeauna era bine dispus; restul timpului, dormea.
usa de la intrare se inchise in urma lui cu zgomotul unui sarut pe-un umar gol.
pe mine nu ma intereseaza fericirea tuturor oamenilor ci a fiecaruia in parte.
-ce-ar fi sa cint 'misty morning'? propuse anticarul. oare-i buna?
-da, spuse colin.are un efect formidabil. produce un cocteil gris-perle si verde de izma, cu gust de piper si de fum.
a se citi avind in casti muzica lui duke ellington.