A review by stellamcvey
Summer in Baden-Baden by Leonid Tsypkin

challenging dark emotional informative sad tense slow-paced

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

4.25

The way the sentences grow and grow and grow before crashing into one another makes this an almost violent read. The pace only seems to increase until the relief of a full stop - and then you realise there is yet another one to come, a new formulation of deep tension that will be stretched beyond breaking point. It’s fantastic.