Am Kürzeren Ende Der Sonnenallee by Thomas Brussig

3.32 AVERAGE

hibiscus_reads's review against another edition

2.75
adventurous emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

ktdomurat's review against another edition

4.25
funny hopeful fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

landostex's review against another edition

4.0
funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

kmshay86's review against another edition

5.0
funny fast-paced

emmallush's review against another edition

5.0
emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
The way Brussig begins a point, seemingly leaves it unresolved and then pulls everything together to great effect time and time again is wonderful. 

imogenscarlett's review against another edition

4.25
challenging dark reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
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rvnja's review against another edition

4.0
funny hopeful lighthearted reflective fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

schatzkatze's review against another edition

3.75
adventurous funny hopeful informative tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Kurzes Buch über ein paar Jugendliche, die in den 70er Jahren auf der Ostberliner Seite der Sonnenallee (direkt neben dem Grenzstreifen) ihre ersten Erfahrungen mit der Liebe und dem Wunsch nach Freiheit machen. Da das Buch sehr kurz ist, können nur ein paar negative Aspekte der DDR angerissen werden und der Grundtenor konzentriert sich eher auf eine humorvolle Sichtweise auf die absurden Dinge und nicht auf tragische Vorkommnisse.
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titus_hjelm's review against another edition

5.0
What a brilliant little novel. Silly and profound at the same time and probably reflects the everyday attitude of most former East Germans better than the endless punditry: 'Happy people have bad memory but rich memories'.

noodlemanning's review against another edition

5.0
dark emotional funny sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Heartbreaking and hilarious. I would teach this novel because I think teens/adolescents will read something different from what adults read (and that’s, based on the novel’s last paragraph, entirely the point). I think Franzen’s introduction thinks about translation in a really cool and interesting way, which could really open up a discussion about what we make of novels from other places in time and spaces in the world (particularly ones like East Germany that no longer exist but of course always will exist).

“My God, we were funny. And we didn’t even know it.”