The Evenings by Gerard Reve

The Evenings

Gerard Reve with Sam Garrett (Translator)

352 pages • first pub 1947 (editions)

fiction classics dark reflective medium-paced
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‘I work in an office. I take cards out of a file. Once I have taken them out, I put them back in again. That is it.’Twenty-three-year-old Frits – office worker, daydreamer, teller of inappropriate jokes – finds life absurd and inexplicable. He liv...

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Community Reviews

3.33
based on 1,169 reviews

Moods

reflective: 74%

dark: 47%

challenging: 31%

sad: 30%

funny: 24%

emotional: 15%

mysterious: 11%

tense: 11%

lighthearted: 9%

hopeful: 5%

informative: 4%

inspiring: 4%

relaxing: 4%

Pace

4% of readers chose fast
27% of readers chose medium
67% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

92% of readers chose Character
6% of readers chose N/A
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

7% of readers chose Yes
19% of readers chose Complicated
73% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

4% of readers chose Yes
27% of readers chose Complicated
69% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

2% of readers chose Yes
3% of readers chose Complicated
91% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

78% of readers chose Yes
16% of readers chose Complicated
4% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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