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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
Idk if I'm just stupid but I found this quite boring and flat. Yep, I get it, he's depressed - still not a very interesting story when that's the extent of the plot. Too many several-page-long rants about goethe and mozart that I zoned out through. Just so dull ugh
dark
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sad
fast-paced
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Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Full ouin ouin, je suis trop un dark sasuke, les gens qui aiment les plaisirs simples sont débiles, ya que Goethe et Mozart qui comptent, le reste c’est de la merde, je suis trop un intellectuel et ma vie c’est de la merde, je suis trop tiraillé entre mon désir de vivre et mon désir de mourir c’est pour ça que ma vie est trop dur, parce que j’arrive pas à choisir entre l’un et l’autre, le jazz c’est de la musique de merde + hyper sexiste, objectification de la femme, même si elles ont pour but de le guérir c’est hyper problématique, considération de la femme comme un « cadeau », idée de « tuer par amour », bref insupportable, impossible de pas lever les yeux aux ciel à chaque paragraphe donc super chiant à lire. Heureusement que ça se lit vite…
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
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Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
For - - Mad - - Peo - - Ple - - Only
A fever dream of a novel
A fever dream of a novel
adventurous
challenging
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Took me a while to get through this. Herman Hesse has a tendency to write in long, meandering sentences that I sometimes needed to read two or three times before I fully grasped what I was reading. Maybe the English translation alleviates this issue a bit.
I really loved some of the philosophical aspects of this book and many of its themes apply pretty well to my own life. Harry’s despair with the world, his negative outlook towards all things he considers unsophisticated and bourgeois, his wish for cultivation and at the same time wild madness make him an interesting character many people will be able to identify with. The book makes a great case for changing the things in one’s life that you are unhappy with.
Unfortunately I didn’t particularly like the third act, I felt it was pretty anticlimactic and didn’t really give me the catharsis that I was looking for.
I really loved some of the philosophical aspects of this book and many of its themes apply pretty well to my own life. Harry’s despair with the world, his negative outlook towards all things he considers unsophisticated and bourgeois, his wish for cultivation and at the same time wild madness make him an interesting character many people will be able to identify with. The book makes a great case for changing the things in one’s life that you are unhappy with.
Unfortunately I didn’t particularly like the third act, I felt it was pretty anticlimactic and didn’t really give me the catharsis that I was looking for.
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
mysterious
reflective
sad
slow-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
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated