Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Moderate
MurderCommunity Reviews
Summary of 408 reviews
Moods
funny 58%
mysterious 47%
challenging 29%
tense 29%
reflective 23%
adventurous 11%
sad 11%
emotional 5%
Pace
medium 38%
fast 5%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 57% | A mix: 35% | Plot: 7%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 46% | No: 46% | Yes: 6%Loveable characters?
No: 80% | It's complicated: 20%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 86% | N/A: 13%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 93% | It's complicated: 6%Average rating
212 pages | first published 1934
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Extensively revised by Nabokov in 1965 - thirty years after its original publication -Despair is the wickedly inventive and richly derisive story of Hermann Karlovich, a man who undertakes the perfect crime - his own murder.
212 pages | first published 1934
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ISBN/UID: None
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Publication date: Not specified
Description
Extensively revised by Nabokov in 1965 - thirty years after its original publication -Despair is the wickedly inventive and richly derisive story of Hermann Karlovich, a man who undertakes the perfect crime - his own murder.Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Moderate
MurderCommunity Reviews
Summary of 408 reviews
Moods
funny 58%
mysterious 47%
challenging 29%
tense 29%
reflective 23%
adventurous 11%
sad 11%
emotional 5%
Pace
medium 38%
fast 5%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 57% | A mix: 35% | Plot: 7%Strong character development?
It's complicated: 46% | No: 46% | Yes: 6%Loveable characters?
No: 80% | It's complicated: 20%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 86% | N/A: 13%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 93% | It's complicated: 6%Average rating