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Palace of the Peacock by Wilson Harris

thomasdj's review against another edition

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adventurous dark mysterious reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

rockyrunes's review against another edition

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

4.25

georgina08's review against another edition

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So good. The last passages feel like a dream where you suddenly understand everything and you’re warm and fulfilled— but you know when you wake you’ll never be able to explain it and the memory will become indistinct. 

danricco's review

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4.0

Louco. Doidinho. Piradaço. Curti e merece uma tradução, até pra facilitar a leitura do livro.

raya_m22's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious reflective

2.25

ksarkisian's review against another edition

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challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

3.0

jevansmassive's review against another edition

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

2.5

Entirely unintelligible, which is a shame because I'm sure there are some very interesting ideas hidden amongst all of the inane rambling

Edit: After reading some sparknotes I kind of understand what the book was about, I definitely pulled out some of the themes (7 days of destruction, colonisation) but still the book was so difficult to read page-by-page that towards the end I had to force myself not to worry about the sentences I didn't understand on first pass. Bumped from 2 => 2.5

sampgo's review

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5.0

Is this probably the most beautiful book ever written? Yes
Did I understand it? Not rlly :(

elianawolfson's review against another edition

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1.75

boring. 

jamescd's review against another edition

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challenging dark slow-paced

3.0