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Basically did not finish but I did the main part the rest after seemed like waffle. Yes it well written and makes a lot of statements on class and academia, but it’s also boring and very telling not showing. How did this win a Nobel prize.

book_nerd_1's review against another edition

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3.0

Much of this bored me but by the end, particularly the parts after the main story, it had me intrigued.

ahmed92kira's review against another edition

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2.0

I liked Hesse's books: Sidharta and Steppenwolf are among my favourite books

But I just can't finish this one ... I tried, I really did (I still have like 100 pages to go and I'm amazed of myself that I got here in the first place)

The book is boring, I sometimes spaceout until something interesting gets me in, and it's not that much of interesting stuff in here ... I still don't get the praise that the novel got ... there were some interesting lines but I had to go through long boring texts to get to them ...

Maybe the novel isn't for me but I was disappointed in Hesse's so called masterpiece.

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4.0

Such beautiful prose. Classic Hesse. Did however find the last legends to be less interesting, hence 4/5

creadsagain's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

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