Reviews

Time Shelter by Georgi Gospodinov

fragilemasc's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

1.0

abigailmariexx's review

4.0

An interesting and thought-provoking story which has you questioning what’s happening and what’s not happening (and what’s already happened) as much as the ‘unnamed narrator’.

lucywatts's review against another edition

Found the book too choppy and changing and wasn’t exactly what I was expecting 

noush's review against another edition

dark funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

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

4.75

misheto_pet96's review against another edition

reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

В началото на годината знаех, че искам да прочета тази книга, но не исках да се запозная с литературата на Господинов с новия му популярен роман. За това реших да прочета първо "Физика на тъгата". Това може би беше грешка, защото, да, харесах книгата, но беше странна и ако не бях твърдо решена да прочета и "Времеубежище" сигурно нямаше да си я взема. Следователно нямах огромни очаквания от книгата. За финал и приятелите ми не бяха останали изключително впечатлени от "Времеубежище" и вече бях притеснена, че и на мен няма да ми хареса.
Точно обратното, това беше най-добрата и интересната книга, която прочетох тази година. Концепта беше наистина интересен. Хареса ми, че започне във Виена. Трета и четвърта част са ми любимите. И за първи път в живота си исках да пиша и да подчертавам в книгата си. Исках да дискутирам книгата дори с хора, които още не са я прочели, защото дава толкова много храна за размисъл. Ако можех щях да дам повече от пет звезди. Наистина заслужена е и наградата, която спечели през май, и успеха.
Такива романи ме карат да се гордея, че съм българка. 

sarahhbo's review against another edition

It just wasn’t grabbing me

carly_l23's review against another edition

I really hate giving up on books and I tried so hard but it was really tough going and not bringing me joy

erint251's review against another edition

dark funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.0

Parts 1, 2, and 5 of this novel were gorgeous. The plot is used as a jumping off point for vingettes reflecting on memory and time. The story is surreal and dreamlike in a way that reminded me of a Charlie Kaufman film.

 Parts 3 and 4 try to talk about something important — Europe's collective amnesia and slow march back to fascism — but become tedious and repetitive and end up straying from the core idea.

I have to commend Angela Rodel for her translation work. There are a lot of linguistic jokes and observations in this book that can't have been easy to translate between two very different languages, yet she made it work seamlessly.

readily_reads's review against another edition

Quite hard to follow and didn’t strike me.

e_f_p21's review against another edition

adventurous challenging mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.5