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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
reflective
slow-paced
Melville wrote a kind of comedy of the absurd when this type od literature still had yet to be invented, but I'm wrong to talk about comedy, better say a tragedy of the absurd, that could quickly become one of my favorite stories.
Melville ha scritto una specie di commedia dell'assurdo quando questo genere ancora doveva ancora essere inventato, ma sbaglio a parlare di commedia, una tragedia dell'assurdo che però potrebbe rapidamente diventare uno dei miei racconti preferiti.
Melville ha scritto una specie di commedia dell'assurdo quando questo genere ancora doveva ancora essere inventato, ma sbaglio a parlare di commedia, una tragedia dell'assurdo che però potrebbe rapidamente diventare uno dei miei racconti preferiti.
funny
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Bartleby the doomscroller
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Mental illness
Minor: Body shaming, Forced institutionalization, Abandonment
challenging
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I decided to revisit this story because I had to read it in college and remembered it left an impact on me. It's a quick easy read that touches on passive resistance and the nature of humanity. I still enjoyed it just as much this time around re-reading it.
Poor Bartleby. Such a loser. I could go into great depth on clinical depression or existential angst, but I'd prefer not to...