Reviews with content warning for Adult/minor relationship - Kairos

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Kairos by Jenny Erpenbeck

8 reviews

globefish21's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-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

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wokekoala's review against another edition

didnt like it from the beginning as it was quite triggering for me personally.. i kept reading until half way through and couldnt pick it up again. Make sure to read the warning list as this was a horrible experience for me. Terrible relationship.

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toadtiger's review against another edition

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ozdensl's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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kegifford's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark 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: Yes

This book has been highly lauded but it was not for me. Whatever the supposed literary or intellectual justification for having pages and pages of a man abusing a woman physically, emotionally and sexually, it was just too much for me. In the end, whatever the set up, the reader’s time is spent consuming long descriptions of sexual humiliation, domination, and every kind of cruelty. I wish I had understood how very dark this book was before I picked it up.

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migle_l's review against another edition

3.5

dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The book is supposed to track the development of the lovers' relationship and the state's history simultaneously but arguably fails at the task. Yet, the strongest parts of the book are where the relationship is played out with the historic events at the backgroud.

The narrative middle was very hard to get through. The relationship got very dark and violent and even having finished the book I am not sure what role that played. Hans character is deeply dislikable and hard to emphasise with. The book finished on the strong note, though.

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