Reviews - DEMIAN : de HERMANN HESSE

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DEMIAN : de HERMANN HESSE

Hermann Hesse

4.05 AVERAGE

thushu's review against another edition

4.0

“All I wanted to do was try to live the life that was inside me, trying to get out. Why was that so hard?”

lucilekatze's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

A profound reflection on duality, the concept of good, and what drives one’s growth.

andjhostet's review against another edition

5.0

For years I've been looking for a book that is similar to The Picture of Dorian Gray. I've read other works by Oscar Wilde, I've read other gothic Victorian era books. Nothing can quite scratch the itch.

This scratched it. Something about the philosophy and morality explored was just so deeply personal and intensely introspective on the same level. A certain beautiful loneliness that was extremely striking in both books.

However it was still a thoroughly different journey, an exploration of the human soul, and the spiritual, intellectual, physical, and emotional pains of adolescence.

I have a feeling I will being thinking about this book for a very long time.

cameroncarriglio's review against another edition

4.0

challenging inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

firyel's review against another edition

2.0

challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

palomaitzeli's review against another edition

5.0

spectacular, honestly. dazzling i feel starry eyed. i don't know if i would recommend it to anyone. i'm reminded heavily of lispector's the apprenticeship ... i'm thinking of teachers and mentors and love and knowing yourself and the road to yourself and the road to love and the communion and the sin. i am so desperate for something and i know that the desperation means i am not ready. i know hesse's limitations, thankfully, but i cannot help being deeply moved.