sanderijng 's review for:

The Wall by Marlen Haushofer

3.5

adventurous mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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my toxic trait is i will read books because i saw them being compared to i who have never known men only to inevitably end up disappointed because they are sadly not i who have never known men. i had such high expectations for this but, while i do think it's a very well-written book and i can see why it is so acclaimed, this just kind of dragged on for me. i think this would have benefited a lot from having chapters and/or being significantly shorter. 250 pages without even as much as a single white space is actually crazy work. also i wish it had more existential reflections and less descriptions of her doing different agricultural tasks. i fear i simply do not care enough about harvesting hay to read about it ten different times. the few times it did get existential though it was very good. all in all a good book but not fully for me.