A review by nicholasboldt
The Joke by Milan Kundera

challenging dark slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

A younger Kundera fails to keep attention and the pacing puts the labour on the reader. Maybe interesting to someone who is obsessed about party politics of communist Czechoslovakia. For anyone else, skip it.