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4.19 AVERAGE
4.19 AVERAGE
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
never would i have ever expected to fully indulge and marvel at and thoroughly enjoy a book revolving around nothing but chess. it’s sad that the first book for zweig’s i have swallowed is his very last but you can also sort of feel that very notion etched throughout the story which is both heart-breaking and revolutionary. this says so much even in just the short span that this book was
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
reflective
tense
fast-paced
im ganzen Buch kam eine einzige Frau vor (in einem Nebensatz und sie war Krankenschwester)
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
tense
fast-paced
i wasn't sure what to expect from this, but overall i liked it. zweig's writing is quite rambly and maximalist. going from steinbeck straight into this gave me whiplash. but it culminated in an ending that felt weirdly satisfying cause it just made sense. not sure i'd read another by him; i think i'm a bigger fan of sparse, simplistic writing (cough cough steinbeck). but it's been on my tbr for a while so i'm glad i read it.
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
informative
inspiring
fast-paced
wow, did not see that coming - a 90 page novella taking over my brain. But it certainly did.
Wonderfully simple and elegant in the storyline and exquisitely eloquent in its writing, this will probably stay with me for quite a while
Wonderfully simple and elegant in the storyline and exquisitely eloquent in its writing, this will probably stay with me for quite a while