A review by onamoonbeam
Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee

challenging reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

the story of the frontier's most pathetic man. i really hope this doesn't suffer from the same audience misidentification problem as catcher in the rye (people forgiving and identifying with the main character who is deeply flawed) . really good descriptive language, at points it does make it a bit slow, but by god the consistency with which this author describes pain attraction passivity is. hgh. makes a guy think!