Reviews

Dubliners by James Joyce

darioschmidt's review against another edition

4.0

Es gibt Autoren, deren Œvre dermaßen von einem einzigen Opus magnum überschattet wird, dass die vermeintlichen "Nebenwerke" im Vergleich zu einem Roman wie z B dem Ulysses wortwörtlich untergehen.

Den Ulysses zu lesen, aber das restliche Werk Joyces jedoch mit dem Kommentar ungelesen zu lassen, dass ja nach diesem Jahrhundertroman nichts ähnlich bedeutendes mehr erwarten könne, ist ein großes Versäumnis.

Jede dieser Erzählungen zeigt auf einer unnachahmlichen Weise Joyces Liebe zu Irland und verwendet eine geschliffen präzise Sprache um den Balanceakt zwischen alltäglicher Banalität und polyglotter Detailkunst gelingen zu lassen.
Und obwohl Joyce mit diversen Sujets operiert lassen sich dennoch leitmotivische Charakteristika wie z B die politische Paralyse Irlands und die Subtextualität gescheiterter Kommunikation (besonders in "The Dead") herausfiltern.

Ein perfekter Einstieg in das Gesamtwerk von James Joyce!

tcleary98's review against another edition

reflective 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

2.25

The women are frustrated, the men are drunkards, and nothing happens. Against this bleak backdrop, Joyce introduces a litany of  tragic figures for good measure. Some of the storytelling is particularly fine but unfortunately the emotional tension simmering beneath the surface and occasional self-reflective epiphany were insufficient to keep me engaged when paired with a plotless plot and pathetic but otherwise unremarkable characters. The ending of The Dead is good though.

ameliabedeliaful's review against another edition

funny reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

19century_russians's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

eevvee_weevie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

vishalancyrus's review against another edition

4.0

3.5

tayvesyp's review against another edition

4.0

“One by one they were all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.”

cold_soup's review against another edition

challenging reflective

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

soopbowl's review against another edition

4.0

Read this for my English class.
I definitely wouldn't have picked this out for myself to read but I really enjoyed it! Professor did a pretty good job at analyzing and explaining it to us, or else I wouldn't have understood many of the references and how it related to the stories.

marielln's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

3.0

Some stories were interesting enough, while the others were such a drag and bore