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ellephuonglinhnguyen's review against another edition
3.0
And then there is the matter of the highly improper manipulation of time. The shameful tricks, the penetration of time's mechanism from behind, the hazardous fingering of its wicked secrets! Sometimes one feels like banging the table and exclaiming, "Enough of this! Keep off time, time is untouchable, one must not provoke it! Isn't it enough for you to have space? Space is for human beings, you can swing about in space, turn somersaults, fall down, jump from star to star. But for goodness' sake, don't tamper with time!"
jochno's review against another edition
4.0
The most dizzyingly impressive prose I have ever read. Almost impossible to follow at times, excruciatingly beautiful!
mroznere's review against another edition
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
h_berry0410's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
msaari's review against another edition
3.0
I had missed this one completely, but then it went on to win the Tähtivaeltaja award, so I had to read it. Verdict? Fascinating, but kind of hard to read, thus just three stars. I'm willing to plead stupidity: this book is probably for smarter people than I am, and I probably missed a ton of fascinating metaphors. But at times, the worlds Schulz create were simply amazing, and I don't wonder why this was awarded, especially as the translation is solid.
mushroomlovingsoulmate359's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
3.25
lexiplexi's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
wintermute314's review against another edition
4.0
(This review is of the first part "Street of crocodiles").
The book consists of chapters that are almost short stories in the sense that they are very loosely linked to each other.
The narrative is very poetic and often the imagery crosses the line of realism and becomes hallucinatory. The richness of the imagery colours otherwise mundane scenes and events. Nothing much happens in the real world but in the minds of the protagonists epic events take place.
I cannot compare the translation to the original text but the english version is highly literary and poetic.
The book consists of chapters that are almost short stories in the sense that they are very loosely linked to each other.
The narrative is very poetic and often the imagery crosses the line of realism and becomes hallucinatory. The richness of the imagery colours otherwise mundane scenes and events. Nothing much happens in the real world but in the minds of the protagonists epic events take place.
I cannot compare the translation to the original text but the english version is highly literary and poetic.