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eliss_28's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
emasvingerova's review against another edition
3.0
No tak jsem to dočetla. Kdyby to nebyla povinná četba, nikdy bych se té knížky ani nedotkla. Vím že spousta lidí tu knížku zbožňuje, ale mě se prostě nelíbila- přišla mi moc romantická, beze smyslu, líbily se mi jenom některé myšlenky a jinak to stálo za nic. Klasickou literaturu prostě nemám ráda, nesnáším povinnou četbu a tohle je oboje dohromady...přála bych si aby mě to bavilo, ale ne.
turkovq's review against another edition
4.0
first half was harder to get through, boring in parts, i have other favorites from in between the wars era, but the story itself is heartbreaking. i can't help, but think about all the couples who died of similiar consequences. a story i will remember, that's for sure.
siraels's review against another edition
2.0
2 stars
This book is very... I don't even know how to describe it in a single word. I have read it already, about two years ago and I remember kinda enjoying it except for the ending, which is weird. But now I had to read it as a required reading for school and I don't know what's up with the fact that whenever I have to read something for school, I don't like it?
I can't really say I hated it or that it annoyed me. The book was too short for that and thankfully it only took me two days to read. But as I was reading it now, I noticed so many things I apparently ignored those two years ago.
First thing. It's such an insta love and cliché. So a guy sees a girl in the metro, he thinks about how beautiful she is, grabs her hand because you apparently take strangers by the hand and then magically few days afterwards, he sees her again? And she's immediately infatuated by him too because it's not creepy for a stranger to hold your hand. Also the fact that Pierre and Luce had to be perfect for each other, despite being seventeen and wanted to marry each other, despite knowing for a few weeks?
Second thing. The writing style was so weird. So I get that the author wanted some kind of a "poetic" writing style but it didn't really work. Because all of the descriptions sound so weird. You keep hearing about how Pierre and Luce were silent "but their hearts spoke with each other".
Third thing. The uneccesary scenes. And that's kind of surprising because it's supposed to be a novella. But the story couldn't actually focus more on the two main characters (who were suddenly in love?) but there needed to be an uneccesary scenes about Pierre's friends. About Pierre's family. About Pierre's brother. And don't get me even started on the weird first kiss between Pierre and Luce through a window!
I can't really say that it's completely bad. It's short, some scenes are fun but I just can't get over how cliché it is.
This book is very... I don't even know how to describe it in a single word. I have read it already, about two years ago and I remember kinda enjoying it except for the ending, which is weird. But now I had to read it as a required reading for school and I don't know what's up with the fact that whenever I have to read something for school, I don't like it?
I can't really say I hated it or that it annoyed me. The book was too short for that and thankfully it only took me two days to read. But as I was reading it now, I noticed so many things I apparently ignored those two years ago.
First thing. It's such an insta love and cliché. So a guy sees a girl in the metro, he thinks about how beautiful she is, grabs her hand because you apparently take strangers by the hand and then magically few days afterwards, he sees her again? And she's immediately infatuated by him too because it's not creepy for a stranger to hold your hand. Also the fact that Pierre and Luce had to be perfect for each other, despite being seventeen and wanted to marry each other, despite knowing for a few weeks?
Second thing. The writing style was so weird. So I get that the author wanted some kind of a "poetic" writing style but it didn't really work. Because all of the descriptions sound so weird. You keep hearing about how Pierre and Luce were silent "but their hearts spoke with each other".
Third thing. The uneccesary scenes. And that's kind of surprising because it's supposed to be a novella. But the story couldn't actually focus more on the two main characters (who were suddenly in love?) but there needed to be an uneccesary scenes about Pierre's friends. About Pierre's family. About Pierre's brother. And don't get me even started on the weird first kiss between Pierre and Luce through a window!
I can't really say that it's completely bad. It's short, some scenes are fun but I just can't get over how cliché it is.
deeda's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
cmelnel's review against another edition
nadherna knizka s nadhernymi dialogy a skvelym zprostredkovanim emoci. kdyby lucie nemela mommy issues a zvlastni znepokojujici myslenky (co tim myslis ze citis ke svymu klukovi pocity jako kdyby to byl tvuj syn……..), ktere vsechny ty hezke sceny absolutne znehodnoti, byla by tahle knizka jedna z mych oblibenych z klasicke literatury (je videt ze lucie byla napsana muzem)
narwhalpodruhe's review against another edition
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
nikol's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0