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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
sad
medium-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
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
jester that flakes from groups more than neil young
plot and dialogue can sometimes be hard to follow. jumps around a lot on its timeline which can make it take a while to reorient yourself, but the jumps do effectively make multiple fictional lives feel full. you really do develop an attachment to the characters -- not too much though for myself personally as i feel the more literal war plot took the wheel a bit too much and tyll got left in the boot sometimes (i'm sure tyll would love being in a boot, but i think a bit too much for too long).
i found the opening hundred(ish) pages to be extremely immersive and beautifully handled, but i feel my investment slightly lost itself during timeline jumps because it sometimes felt too far away from Tyll as the focal character; though i understand why Tyll was left in the mid-ground/background for large segments of the book for the sake of the plot, i feel like the book lost the purpose of its namesake the further towards the end of the book it got.
i will, however, say that kehlmann has an absolutely stunning ability to describe death -- specifically the decline into death, the physical/mental corrosion, the confusion and abstraction of oneself, one's environment, and one's understanding of time, their own life, and the people around them. i found myself reading faster and more intensely when combatting the death of the Winter King and the mineshaft deaths, and overall i adore kehlmann's (and benjamin's) literary style and the clarity, humour, and attentiveness given to dialogue. he is extremely good at making dialogue or descriptions seem half-assed in the best way. the opening scenes of the witch/warlock trial and the build-up to it were phenominally done in terms of historical value, dialogue, and the clusterfuck of emotions behind it all.
overall, a fabulous and thoroughly enjoyable book. sometimes a bit hard to get through if you're not used to medieval politics, but there are many scenes that just make grateful for being able to read.
plot and dialogue can sometimes be hard to follow. jumps around a lot on its timeline which can make it take a while to reorient yourself, but the jumps do effectively make multiple fictional lives feel full. you really do develop an attachment to the characters -- not too much though for myself personally as i feel the more literal war plot took the wheel a bit too much and tyll got left in the boot sometimes (i'm sure tyll would love being in a boot, but i think a bit too much for too long).
i found the opening hundred(ish) pages to be extremely immersive and beautifully handled, but i feel my investment slightly lost itself during timeline jumps because it sometimes felt too far away from Tyll as the focal character; though i understand why Tyll was left in the mid-ground/background for large segments of the book for the sake of the plot, i feel like the book lost the purpose of its namesake the further towards the end of the book it got.
i will, however, say that kehlmann has an absolutely stunning ability to describe death -- specifically the decline into death, the physical/mental corrosion, the confusion and abstraction of oneself, one's environment, and one's understanding of time, their own life, and the people around them. i found myself reading faster and more intensely when combatting the death of the Winter King and the mineshaft deaths, and overall i adore kehlmann's (and benjamin's) literary style and the clarity, humour, and attentiveness given to dialogue. he is extremely good at making dialogue or descriptions seem half-assed in the best way. the opening scenes of the witch/warlock trial and the build-up to it were phenominally done in terms of historical value, dialogue, and the clusterfuck of emotions behind it all.
overall, a fabulous and thoroughly enjoyable book. sometimes a bit hard to get through if you're not used to medieval politics, but there are many scenes that just make grateful for being able to read.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Book rating: 5 / 5
Audiobook rating: 4.5 / 5
This was just excellent. A rich, wonderful re-telling of a story of a famous German folklore character. The story drew me in completely, the characters, of which there were many, were all vivid and realistic, each having their dreams, virtues and vices.
Audiobook rating: 4.5 / 5
This was just excellent. A rich, wonderful re-telling of a story of a famous German folklore character. The story drew me in completely, the characters, of which there were many, were all vivid and realistic, each having their dreams, virtues and vices.
Fantastische hervertelling over Tijl Uilenspiegel. Donker en mysterieus boek, net zoals het hoofdpersonage.
Dikke 4sterren!
Dikke 4sterren!
Świetna. Błyskotliwa książka.
Wielowątkowa, wielowymiarowa, a niebywałymi postaciami - z których tytułowy Tyll wcale nie jest tą najciekawszą!
To kłębowisko tak różnych typów, takich person (!), w mistrzowsko oddanych krajobrazach spustoszonych przez Wojnę Trzydziestoletnią Niemiec.
Diabli tylko wiedzą co przede mną - ale to będzie jedna z moich książek roku.
Jak tak się dobrze wokół rozejrzeć - czy my nie wchodzimy w taką fazę? Jak podpisywano pokój westfalski mało kto wiedział o co była cała ta wojna...
Wielowątkowa, wielowymiarowa, a niebywałymi postaciami - z których tytułowy Tyll wcale nie jest tą najciekawszą!
To kłębowisko tak różnych typów, takich person (!), w mistrzowsko oddanych krajobrazach spustoszonych przez Wojnę Trzydziestoletnią Niemiec.
Diabli tylko wiedzą co przede mną - ale to będzie jedna z moich książek roku.
Jak tak się dobrze wokół rozejrzeć - czy my nie wchodzimy w taką fazę? Jak podpisywano pokój westfalski mało kto wiedział o co była cała ta wojna...
So this was a case of reading a book at exactly the right time. There is a lot going on in this book, but thanks to fortuitous circumstances, I had context for a lot of it, and I think it made the book even better. Set during the thirty years war, it is not the story of Till Eulenspiegel. Kehlmann paints an excellent picture of the time and the people, and his writing is so *good*. He can write about terrible things in a way that doesn’t feel gratuitous but instead leaves room for the reader to fill in their truth. And he can capture people, and the German language. I’m very glad I read this.
good literature, but expected a bit more about Tyll himself
Es hat Spass gemacht dieses Buch zu lesen. Ich musste sehr oft schmunzeln. Trotz der oft sehr ernsten Themen, schwang viel Ironie und Humor mit. Die historischen Hintergründe und Figuren musste ich öfters recherchieren und das hat die Lektüre bereichert und noch einmal in ein anderes Licht gerückt. Bei einigen Figuren hatte ich den Eindruck, dass Daniel Kehlmann sie auf die Schippe nimmt.
Tolles Buch, ich muss demnächst [b:Die Vermessung der Welt|1526595|Die Vermessung der Welt|Daniel Kehlmann|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1449313699l/1526595._SY75_.jpg|598208] von ihm lesen.
Tolles Buch, ich muss demnächst [b:Die Vermessung der Welt|1526595|Die Vermessung der Welt|Daniel Kehlmann|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1449313699l/1526595._SY75_.jpg|598208] von ihm lesen.
An excellent take on Germany's most famous medieval jester.