Reviews with content warning for Bullying - Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend

ok i love this book. yes it may be boring, but only if you go into it expecting ANYTHING to happen. the whole book is about Sinclair, Demian, and Sinclair's development.

Kromer's extortion of Sinclair is really theonly action (and maybe Sinclair getting drafted, but that part wasn't very detailed and mostly focused on Demian dying)

i love love looove how much Sinclair seems to be falling in love with Demian but

the relationship between Sinclair and Demian's mom is REALLY gross and it seems like the author forgot what kinda book he was writing and that Sinclair is VERY OBVIOUSLY in love with Demian

overall AWESOME book imo, awesome coming of age book for people who like horrifyingly old books. a lot of religion too, but not too overwhelming. so sorry, most of my criticisms are spoilers T^T

OMG AND SINCLAIR ACCIDENTALLY PAINTING DEMIAN WAS AWESOME TOO OK BYE HAVE FUN

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jjstoff's review against another edition

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mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No

4.5

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lycheeteareads's review against another edition

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challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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endlayer's review against another edition

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hopeful reflective slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

genuinely changed my life and is one of the most influential books ive ever read. i cannot reccomend it enough.

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risemini's review against another edition

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slow-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? No

2.25

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katbenimble's review against another edition

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challenging dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

This is a coming-of-age story that I don't think really was relatable for me. Well, I take that back. A lot of the religious information was incredibly relatable to my childhood, so there was some camaraderie there. It's a relatively short book, but I guess I was expecting more of an obvious philosophical revelation at the end? We read this in my bookclub, so it was fascinating to do research on the author and had a lot of fun with that. Would probably not pick up any of his other works though.

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dealogues's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional inspiring mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

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onthehummingbirds's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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