A review by soavezefiretto
Doktor Faustus. Das Leben des deutschen Tonsetzers Adrian Leverkühn erzählt von einem Freunde by Thomas Mann

challenging dark emotional slow-paced

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

5.0

Still one of the pinnacles of literary mastery. Flawed, of course, and yet absolutely perfect. Absolutely modern and timelessly classic. I laughed and cried and felt everything. Some passages about the rise of intellectual fascism, starting even before WWI, and others about the fall of Germany through the works of Leverkühn are chilling and could be said about our times word for word.