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Sivullinen

Albert Camus

3.84 AVERAGE

ellpickers's review against another edition

2.0

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

darkmenacer's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous challenging mysterious fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jpmg's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

grill1301's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

vonnegetsome's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

yanabanana's review against another edition

3.0

dark fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Didn't immediately get the meaning. I.e. not sure what I'm supposed to take away from it. Yes, I understand the idea of the absurd and the existentialist, even nihilist, notions of the main character. Yet, is the book trying to perpetuate the ideas of nothingness and nothing matters? Or are we supposed to find fault in it and search for meaning of life.

I expect that Meursault's indifference to life is unrelatable to most; i.e. most of us will react in the same way the other characters in the book do. But Meursault himself does not come to some grand conclusion about reasons to live. Instead, he succumbs to the supposed meaninglessness of his life and the inevitably of death.