Reviews - Huone Pariisissa

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Huone Pariisissa

James Baldwin

4.36 AVERAGE

mayjunejuly4's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous challenging emotional funny informative reflective 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

readingwritingarithmetic's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad fast-paced

baar's review against another edition

5.0

Crying!

patricia13's review against another edition

4.0

sad

I enjoyed the use of the room as metaphor. I found the main character's attitude towards women and drag queens frustrating, but for the most part it didn't take away my enjoyment of the book, and I don't think I need to completely agree with a character's beliefs to enjoy their story.

goesbyhenry's review against another edition

4.5

From start to finish, this book is infused with an electric, almost drunken sadness—and a sense of doom so viscous one can cut it with a knife. Or a shard from a broken cognac bottle.

A short, powerful masterpiece.

braxxxonetta's review against another edition

5.0

that was upsetting

A cavern opened in my mind, black, full of rumor, suggestion, of half-heard, half-forgotten, half-understood stories, full of dirty words. I thought I saw my future in that cavern. I was afraid. I could have cried, cried for shame and terror, cried for not understanding how this could have happened to me, how this could have happened in me.