Reviews

Os Interessantes by Meg Wolitzer

metsmo21's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

mewestcott's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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

4.5

This book was a slower read, but it kept me engaged. There were many character developments I did not expect. As a creative, I enjoyed feeling like I got a piece of my inner child seen through these characters. There was diversity amongst the characters, and I found that my emotions were often touched throughout the book. 

apriljbeckler's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad 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

3.25

brooklyn0426's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Extremely slow. It took me so long to finish it. Every time I sat down to read it, it was out of desire to finish it to move on to a new book. 

I appreciate how real the story is in the sense of not everything works out, it's not always a happy ending. It addresses a lot of tough aspects of the real world. But I felt like it dug into them almost too much. It felt like there could never be any positivity and the characters all just had a dreadful life in their minds. It truly gives an overly negative view of life. 

I tried to think of any characters that I liked. And truthfully there was not one. Maybe Jonah. And Dennis, even though he was not a primary characters in a good portion of the book.  

Jules is unbearable. Everything is "poor me". It's basically a 538 page pity party. 

krisjenner's review against another edition

It sucks 

aurora9's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I wasn’t sure for the first 30% of the book if I’d finish it, but then it hit its stride and brought me to tears at the end.

leriwigley's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

rovwade's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

mongert's review against another edition

2.0

I liked this book at first, but then I got bored with it and with the characters. I actually skipped passages and whole pages because I didn't care. Not that I couldn't relate to some of the career angst and envy about others' fantastic career fortunes, but it didn't read accurately to me, and I found myself irritated with the main character and apathetic towards the others. Glad to have finished it and to be on to a new book.

caro_liest's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful mysterious tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Ich habe so viel Hoffnungen und Erwartungen in dieses Buch gehabt, leider war es für mich eine sehr viel schwächere, abgeklatschte Version von Hanya Yanagiharas „ein wenig Leben“. Die Parallelen sind offensichtlich, noch dazu sehr seltsame Übersetzungen, denn was bitte ist ein „tropfendes Gesicht“ (ich vermute, der englische Ausdruck hier ist „a dripping face“)? 
Schade eigentlich, dennoch mag ich die Idee von dem kreativ-camp und den Außenseiter*innen, die sich gemeinsam den absurden Erwignissen des Lebens stellen müssen.