4.21 AVERAGE

dleybz's review against another edition

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4.0

Not my type of novel, but I can see why it's an important piece of literature. Remarque is able to capture well the feeling of a time and place (pre-WWII Paris), and more specifically of a people (refugees), in a way that makes one feel as if they are living their themselves. Although the book is mostly a slice of life (a narrative style that I don't find very engaging), Remarque's Romantic writing style is able to keep the reader engaged during even the most drab or banal of descriptions.

magic_bookshop_'s review against another edition

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4.0

„No one could become stranger than the person you once loved”

meliratze's review against another edition

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emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Complicated
  • Loveable characters? Complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes

5.0

severussnapc's review against another edition

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5.0

This killed me once, I literally love every work of this man.

sidselmittet's review against another edition

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5.0

For mig at se en af de bedste bøger, der er skrevet, og ligeså relevant nu, som dengang.

propan05's review against another edition

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dark sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

fawndolyn's review against another edition

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5.0

I did not want this book to end, and yet here I am weeping, a state in which Remarque so often has me by novel’s end.

One could grow obsessed with calvados reading this.

unasrunas's review against another edition

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5.0

Jau atkal kāds, kurš nezina, kurp iet, viņš nodomāja. To vajadzēja paredzēt. Allaž viens un tas pats. Naktīs viņi nezina, kur likties, un nākošajā rītā viņi pazūd, vēl iekams pagūsti pamosties. Tad viņi zina, kur iet. Mūžīgais, lētais izmisums, kas rodas līdz ar tumsu un pazūd līdz ar tumsu.

Stāsts par mīlestību, atriebību un sērām, par nebrīvi, brīvību un atbrīvošanos. Raupjš, skarbs, bet tik tīrs un izmisīgi tiešs. Kā neviens cits, Remarks iemieso vārdos šaurās Parīzes ielas īsi pirms 2. Pasaules kara, smacīgos, tumšos restorānus, kalvadosa smagumu glāzēs, metāla smārdu operāciju zālē un mirkļus, kad, līdz ar saules rietu, uz pāris stundām izmainās cilvēki. Spilgtie apraksti mijās ar varoņu pateikto un to, kas starp viņiem paliek karājoties gaisā. Tas viss apņem lasītāju kā smaga, necaurredzama migla, vienlaikus trāpot pa pareizajiem nervu galiem un ieurbjoties zem ādas līdz pat kaulam.

charm_spirit's review against another edition

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3.0

"В това именно е нещастието на света, Борис. Ние не изпитваме никога сами това, което правим на другите. "

anna_10_08's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny mysterious relaxing sad tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Complicated

4.5