modeste's review against another edition
3.0
Een groot deel van de verwijzingen naar filosofisch en linguïstisch werk ging aan mij voorbij door klaarblijkelijk te weinig belezen te zijn. De Soitties en de Ollies van deze wereld zullen dan weer hun vingers afgelikt hebben bij deze hoogmis van het woordensteekspel. Doet er mij aan denken dat ik ze dringend nog es moet porren voor etentje in B La Morte...
matthijsgardeniers's review against another edition
challenging
informative
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
davidschwarz's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence and Sexual content
ruarilpa's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
Absolute guys-movie romp in the sense that it’s full of drama and sex and also light misogyny but also extremely pretentious and full of wanky intellectual bullshit. All the same it’s very fun and extremely entertaining and I actually learned a lot!
rltinha's review against another edition
4.0
Cumpre tudo quanto a sinopse promete. Uma delícia do princípio ao fim.
ronanmcd's review against another edition
4.0
At one point, despondently,a main character laments, "Right from the beginning, we were chasing a mirage". That's the crux of a novel built on media theory, literature and philosophy and semiotics. Binet cleverly tried everything at the book, dissembling fiction as his characters (largely based on real world people) decide the world into signs. Foucault's Pendulum exploded.
paulataua's review
3.0
After loving ‘HHhH’ so much, I guess I expected too much from “The Seventh Function of Language”, and it never really lived up to those expectations. It started well enough. The premise of Barthes’s accidental death possibly not being an accident was great, and the novel had its moments when dealing with the likes of Deleuze and Foucault. As it progressed, however, it became more and more hilariously funny, whacky, zany and all those kinds of humor I really don’t get on with. I can accept why so many people have raved about it, but it really wasn’t my kind of thing.
frenchsapphic's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
vicinalgwen69's review
5.0
I cannot recommend this to you. It was excruciating. It's a satire of French philosophers that makes most of its cast philosophers, and the author has taken the time to know how to write like each one. Entire chapters are lectures on topics like citationism and "classical and baroque" and they're all plot relevant. It's so post modern that I wailed
But it's very creative, very well written, and well researched, and is unlike anything else you or I have ever seen. So if you're looking for that, here it is
But it's very creative, very well written, and well researched, and is unlike anything else you or I have ever seen. So if you're looking for that, here it is