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a_o_on_the_go's review
4.0
Satre's main character Mathieu seemingly articulated my own sense of being some thirty years before I was even born: "I'm not obstinate, I'm highly strung: I don't know how to let myself go. I must always think of what is happening to me - it's a form of self-protection".
Set in a bohemian 1930s Paris, Satre's existentialist philosophies finds variant but concordant voices focussed on: what it is to be free; how one can become free; and what the achievement of the freedom ideal allows and what it may restrict. The writing is simple, the topics are bleak, the characters are unlikeable, but the story has a pulse and a point.
Set in a bohemian 1930s Paris, Satre's existentialist philosophies finds variant but concordant voices focussed on: what it is to be free; how one can become free; and what the achievement of the freedom ideal allows and what it may restrict. The writing is simple, the topics are bleak, the characters are unlikeable, but the story has a pulse and a point.
sh00's review against another edition
3.0
Да, экзистенциализм, в сущности, явление интересное. Интересно было наблюдать и за авторским подходом к написанию, второй роман трилогии написан ещё и во вполне модернистском ключе, но к третьему роману модернизм был оставлен.
Любопытно было оставить часть персонажей в открытом для них финале - и даже не во вполне визуализированном.
Полемичные произведения, вот этот вот вполне сартровский (если не в принципе французский) натурализм - это очень на любителя. Я - люблю.
Любопытно было оставить часть персонажей в открытом для них финале - и даже не во вполне визуализированном.
Полемичные произведения, вот этот вот вполне сартровский (если не в принципе французский) натурализм - это очень на любителя. Я - люблю.
artistformallyknownasbeefpussy's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
4.75
drewbutler's review
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Marcelle is the only redeemable person in this almost unbearably French book.
saturday_reads's review
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
rachel_the_managing_editor's review
4.0
Some good moments here, a few twists, beautiful passages and descriptions, and food for thought. But ultimately too hit-you-over-the-head allegorical, particularly at the end. Bleak.
etopiei's review
4.0
This started a little slowly but was quite an enjoyable read. The story was interesting and the dialogue very well written.
morganwright's review
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
First 2/3 of the book were a struggle, but the last third was enjoyable