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3.43 AVERAGE
3.43 AVERAGE
Ik wilde dit boek echt heel graag leuk vinden. Ik vond alleen de gebeurtenissen in het lange leven niet echt eruitspringen. Het is soms te langdradig en soms is het weer niet beschreven genoeg.
Het verhaal springt de hele tijd gigantisch door de tijd en dat maakt het soms echt een warboel. Ik kon er niet uitkomen wat er nu precies achter dit verhaal zat als plot.
Wat erg jammer is, want John Boyne boeken kan ik normaal zeer zeker wel waarderen! Gelukkig zijn er aan de reviews te zien ook genoeg mensen die wel van het boek genieten.
Het verhaal springt de hele tijd gigantisch door de tijd en dat maakt het soms echt een warboel. Ik kon er niet uitkomen wat er nu precies achter dit verhaal zat als plot.
Wat erg jammer is, want John Boyne boeken kan ik normaal zeer zeker wel waarderen! Gelukkig zijn er aan de reviews te zien ook genoeg mensen die wel van het boek genieten.
challenging
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Not my favourite John Boyne book, could have been a lot shorter. So many characters it felt like a book of short stories at times.
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
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:
Yes
As a novel by John Boyne, I expected the best, considering also the presentation lines on the back of the paperback edition I bought, extremely catching. As any first work though, you perceive greatness but you only get a taste of it. The novel starts with a lot of potential, and very good story-lines, but then all the anticipation doesn't really get fulfilled by the result. I guessed the ending way too early during the reading, but that is not exactly bad: John Boyne is a master of honesty, and you can see that the honest ending of this book was just the one he wrote. The tale of Matthieu's first love wasn't as good as I hoped it would be, at first, but then I sort of understood where John Boyne was going and, even though the start of the novel led you in one direction, it brings you to another one, as good as that one, or even better, talking about the meaning of love, the way it unfolds and the way it affects you. You have a sense of a great start and a not entirely fulfilled ending, but it is a very enjoyable and well-written book that is really worth a read.
John Boyne’s first book. Not his best, but there are hints of what is to follow. This is a yarn. Two parallel stories and a few episodes, short stories in themselves. I couldn’t help but think of Nicholas Monsarrat’s Master Mariner, an earlier book with a similar device.
A good concept and adequately written. I did get a bit bored with the modern parts of the story, at times, and the ending(s) were predictable. Average.
John Boyne é um contador de histórias. Para mim, está entre os melhores. Este livro é a história de Matthieu Zela, um homem de 256 anos com aparência de 50 que simplesmente não morre. Narrado em primeira pessoa, Matthieu nos conta momentos marcantes de sua longa vida, desde sua adolescência e sua saída da França até o momento presente, 1999, Londres. Leitura fácil e prazerosa!
I think 3.5 for this one - a good concept, but something was lacking. And at times I was annoyed that the 'back' story jumped about quite a bit.
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No