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jonathanlibrarian's review against another edition
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.0
Perhaps I'm too obtuse but just could not get into this one. The prose is simple enough but the endless descriptions of plot less things just couldn't hold me. Maybe to be revisited in a decade.
fictionalkajsa's review against another edition
0.5
This book is my nemesis. Only finished out of pure spite.
wunderkindl's review against another edition
5.0
I recommend this book all the time. Reading this book was like breathing in fresh air. The most creative and intriguing work of fiction I have delved into in a very long time.
csoederholm's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.75
casparb's review against another edition
It's Sebald it's unique (while being very much echoic of Saturn) it's on a different level & the kind of literary event we don't encounter so much in the past couple decades. I sense there's probably debate between this and Saturn which I'm mostly not interested in they've enough personality each that I'm satisfied! Love u max wish you weren't dead
slichto3's review against another edition
1.0
I am more glad to have this book behind me than any I have ever read. I wish I could at least say I was proud that I finished it, but this was just painful to read. I don't know if it's because it was translated from another language, but the prose is awful. I've read that a lot of people find it beautiful, but I found it boring and excessive and pointless. There are no real characters in this book. There is no real plot. It's just one long, cruddy story from some self-absorbed idiot. I am astonished at the praise this book has received - I will never read it again. It is really not worth the time.
chicokc's review against another edition
4.0
Un sujeto conoce a otro sujeto en una estación de tren y se ponen a recordar cosas.
Pero la belleza, la forma en las que se recuerdan las cosas, el caminar para recordarlas y la vivencia de la memoria de Austerlitz es un regalo a la literatura.
Pero la belleza, la forma en las que se recuerdan las cosas, el caminar para recordarlas y la vivencia de la memoria de Austerlitz es un regalo a la literatura.