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konstantina's review against another edition
challenging
dark
funny
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Reading language: Greek
We cannot prove anyone's innocence, while we can definitely prove everyone's guilt.
A pretentious and miserable man realises that he's pretentious and miserable. What more usual can happen?
2 starts because I appreciate the author's desire to criticize fake values and hypocritical morality. I only wish he could had done it in a less dull way.
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Death, Infidelity, Racial slurs, Suicide, Antisemitism, Alcohol, and Classism
sunn_bleach's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
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
I like Camus's fiction far more than his actual philosophical writings. Here, the idea of the absurd is laid bare in how one man's realization of it catastrophizes his entire self-image. Ironically, Clamence ultimately rejects the absurd and falls (no pun intended) into the leap-of-faith considered by Kierkegaard. A great character-driving narrative about the internal complacency and duplicity (and complacent duplicity) of humans - especially those who are convinced of their righteousness and pomp.
Moderate: Xenophobia
Minor: Alcoholism, Racism, Sexism, Alcohol, and Classism
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