A review by soswiin
The Outsider by Albert Camus

  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

so this guy committed murder or whatever but more importantly, HE WASN'T SAD AT HIS MOM'S FUNERAL!!! case closed, time to cleave his head off.

idk i really liked the plague so i came into this with super high expectations. i get that meursault was supposed to be a stone-cold dude detached from morality and all but he was just sooo shallow. for 110 pages it was awfully long. i guess i was starting to chip away at the deeper philosophical side of this and i do wanna give it another chance but it's just so nihilistic and so depressing.
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