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Huone Pariisissa

James Baldwin

4.36 AVERAGE

personalratings's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad medium-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

anaisninlover's review against another edition

5.0

This book has had several different emotions arise in me. I think it shares the devastating effects the desires of our heart lead to. I find myself relating to these characters in ways. I think this is a masterpiece.

“Perhaps everybody has a garden of Eden, I don't know; but they have scarcely seen their garden before they see the flaming sword. Then, perhaps, life only offers the choice of remembering the garden or forgetting it. Either, or: it takes strength to remember, it takes another kind of strength to forget, it takes a hero to do both.”

animaletoris's review against another edition

4.0

4.8

sabina_1986's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

mrprfectlyfn's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

beans2000's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective sad

claire100's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This novel......... Baldwin offers such a fascinating exploration of what it means to love and desire. David, the main character, struggles throughout to understand lust and love and what he truly feels for Giovanni and Hella. It offered such a complex exploration of gender and sexuality, and I feel like I could read this again and again and find new things to think about. This is the first time I've read a novel by Baldwin, and I can immediately understand why he's such an acclaimed writer.