1.96k reviews for:

Kairos

Jenny Erpenbeck

3.47 AVERAGE

mquzama's review against another edition

4.0

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3.75*

yorickdupon's review against another edition

3.5

emotional tense slow-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

bmanners's review against another edition

3.5

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

skmiles's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A character study, first, a story of a beautiful then terrible affair and an attempt at a broken sort of love. Then, a love story about East Germany - an ode to the complexities and quotidian life under socialism and a tragedy of how critique became collapse became loss. 

cassiemyatt's review against another edition

4.75

informative reflective tense medium-paced

emmaverhoeven's review against another edition

3.0

dark sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

regis_ibarra's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

naszir's review against another edition

3.25

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

louisep1's review against another edition

2.75

dark sad tense 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship

lizetteratura's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes