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tbchic's review against another edition
2.0
I can definitely appreciate this book for talking about a topic that not a lot of people know about (I didn't know about it myself), but otherwise it was a very dreary and boring book. If it was just casual reading, I'd have dropped the book at about 50 pages in, but sadly I had to read it 'til the end, which is kind of why I hated it so much. Anyway, I could've live without reading this.
blairmahoney's review against another edition
5.0
A quite stunning novel by the Nobel Prize-winning Müller. She originally started working on it with the poet Oskar Pastior, based on his experiences in a forced labour camp in the Soviet Union after WWII, and then continued it on her own after his death. Müller's own mother spent five years in a similar camp. The novel is episodic and impressionistic, with elliptical glimpses at the hardships suffered by the novel's main character, a young gay Romanian of German heritage. Although similarly grim it had a very different prose style to the other Müller novel I've read, The Appointment.
blueyorkie's review against another edition
2.0
Despite the seriousness of the subject, I did not manage to imagine the content of this story chopped into naively childish sparks to approach an existential experience that one can hardly imagine unitary.
martenalan's review against another edition
challenging
informative
sad
slow-paced
3.75
Ich hatte das Gefühl, dass ich dem Buch nicht wirklich gerecht werden konnte.
doseogwan's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
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? It's complicated
4.0
carrie_bize's review against another edition
4.0
Das Buch hat mich echt berührt. Die Gefühle sind sehr greifbar und eindringlich. Der Schreibstil ist verdammt gut.
amikael's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
olya_hakob's review against another edition
Erst nach meinem dritten Versuch über mehrere Jahre konnte ich das Buch zu Ende lesen. Es liegt daran, dass manche Abschnitte sich eher schleppend lesen. Die Sprache ist jedoch äußerst ausdrucksstark und in vielen Passagen überwältigend schön.