4.49k reviews for:

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Albert Camus

3.92 AVERAGE

sadizmas's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

quimiheisenberg's review against another edition

5.0

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"(...) el doctor Rieux decidió redactar la narración que aquí termina, por no ser de los que se callan, para testimoniar en favor de los apestados, para dejar por lo menos un recuerdo de la injusticia y de la violencia que les había sido hecha y para decir simplemente algo que se aprende en medio de las plagas: que hay en los hombres más cosas dignas de admiración que de desprecio."

La pandemia de COVID-19 marcó un punto de inflexión en la vida de todos nosotros y también en la experiencia que supone leer este libro.

soofire's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

grafomaan's review against another edition

challenging dark inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Algus oli tugev, kusagil poole peal läks jälle paremaks pärast igavat juppi ja lõpp oli väga raske. Eks ta üks lõputu filosofeerimine enese keskme ümber ole. Mis on õige ja kuidas elada ja mis on Hea ja mis ei ole. Aga mdea, seda kõike on tehtud mujal inimlikumalt ja rohkem sügavuti. See on nii distantseeritud ja akadeemiline.
Muidugi seos ja kokkulangevus covidiga on usukumatu.

erin_esq's review against another edition

3.0

dark tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Not as exciting as I thought it would be. Started off strong.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

itayr's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

yaahal's review against another edition

4.0

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A tedious read but worth it.

seisei's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

kh_j's review against another edition

4.0

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

francine_is_reading's review against another edition

4.0

reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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A good classic, quite slow and dense in the middle but I got attached to the characters and their friendships. Additionally, having gone through covid before reading this gives a different take and makes you consider more deeply why they must be going through. I'm glad I read it!