Reviews

Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders

tobsiz's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

4.0

asiefke's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

michellechien930's review against another edition

3.0

Incredibly well-written in some parts, yet confusingly redundant in others. While I enjoyed the different descriptions of Lincoln and his grief, many of the ghostly characters flit in and out of the story incessantly, causing no emotional impact to the story whatsoever. The avant-garde writing style takes getting used to, and that is partly why this book would do a lot better with more concentrated and well-developed characters.

qstew's review against another edition

4.0

thoroughly enjoyed the story and have profound admiration for the experimental form - it left a bit to be desired in my humble opinion, but didn't take away from the bittersweet narrative

steakumm_jakeumm's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

emmacmitch's review against another edition

 Big recommend to absolutely everyone to read this!!! I do encourage reading a Saunders short story first so you can be more familiar with his style of storytelling before jumping straight into this. But so so good! This is what creativity and storytelling and character-creation and legends of history are meant to be! 

flyingorcas's review against another edition

hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

trizie81's review against another edition

3.0

Ich hatte vom Klappentext und der Beschreibung her eigentlich etwas ganz anderes erwartet.
Ein Buch über Reue und Liebe am Ende des Lebens.
Alles in allem in einem sehr interessanten Stil geschrieben- eher ein Kunstwerk als eine Story.
Etwas traurig und sehr gewöhnungsbedürftig.

heybalestoo's review against another edition

3.0

I wanted to love this book. And, I certainly recognize the brilliance, creativity, and uniqueness of it. I suspect it may be one of those books that, if I pick it up at a different time, I might feel completely different about it. I wish I had done more research on it before reading it as I think that may have helped.

thetrashchan's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75