Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Moderate
MurderCommunity Reviews
Summary of 495 reviews
Moods
funny 52%
mysterious 39%
challenging 30%
reflective 21%
tense 21%
adventurous 13%
sad 8%
emotional 4%
inspiring 4%
Pace
medium 48%
fast 4%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 50% | A mix: 45% | Plot: 5%Strong character development?
No: 50% | It's complicated: 44% | Yes: 5%Loveable characters?
No: 77% | It's complicated: 16% | Yes: 5%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 83% | N/A: 16%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 95% | It's complicated: 5%Average rating
missing page info | first published 1934
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ISBN/UID: 9781611066739
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Publication date: 20 March 2011
Description
Extensively revised by Nabokov in 1965 - thirty years after its original publication -Despair is the wickedly inventive and richly derisive story of Hermann Karlovich, a man who undertakes the perfect crime - his own murder.Book Information
missing page info | first published 1934
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ISBN/UID: 9781611066739
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Publication date: 20 March 2011
Description
Extensively revised by Nabokov in 1965 - thirty years after its original publication -Despair is the wickedly inventive and richly derisive story of Hermann Karlovich, a man who undertakes the perfect crime - his own murder.Book information
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Moderate
MurderCommunity Reviews
Summary of 495 reviews
Moods
funny 52%
mysterious 39%
challenging 30%
reflective 21%
tense 21%
adventurous 13%
sad 8%
emotional 4%
inspiring 4%
Pace
medium 48%
fast 4%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 50% | A mix: 45% | Plot: 5%Strong character development?
No: 50% | It's complicated: 44% | Yes: 5%Loveable characters?
No: 77% | It's complicated: 16% | Yes: 5%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 83% | N/A: 16%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 95% | It's complicated: 5%Average rating