kafkaesque_coffee 's review for:

The Idiot by Elif Batuman

4.5

funny informative reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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This whole book is literally the “‘I love you’ ‘It’ll pass’” scene from Fleabag, but also academic.

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This book was so fun, but also I feel called out a bit. Selin’s thought process was just so interesting yet sometimes complex to read, not that this was a hard to understand, just that Selin is both an extremely critical yet sensitive character. I loved the academic bits, especially when a character would just go on some yap session about some random topic, I just thought it made this book so much more charming!

The writing got repetitive for me at some points, and the humor is very dry!! I also definitely agree with Selin when so many characters would just show up around the end, it got kinda confusing. But those are just nitpicks,, 

This book is definitely not for everyone, but if you’re looking for something slow, academic, with dry humor, yet extremely reflective, then I highly recommend.

Going to add Selin to characters I shouldn’t have related to as much as I did list!!

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