A review by frivolous_cake
Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I believe I should have read Sartre's essays before his fiction, for the abstraction and intensity of the what this book shows, the ideas are not presented in the best way.
Antoine's carelessness sorounding his own past is cast in a way that is not like it's slipping away from him in an intense manor, and more as if he just... forgot to tell the reader.
Another idea communicated poorly is the 'perfect moments'. They are stumbled through and clumsily described, making the whole concept feel less mysterious and tantalising, and more confusing and unsatisfactory.
In reverse of all this though; is the imagery and descriptions around the nausea. All the sequence were Antoine becomes aware of the life and force sorounding him are incredibly described and talked through. All these scenes are what give this book a pretty good rating, but there are enough flaws to make me feel just disappointed.
The fear and horror that comes with living is a very real one. I still feel scared all little when thinking of the times I spent as an insomniac child, late into the hours of the night completely alone and crying due to the uncertainty of a life I may not live. I wish I had this book then, when the dark was my friend.
Antoine's carelessness sorounding his own past is cast in a way that is not like it's slipping away from him in an intense manor, and more as if he just... forgot to tell the reader.
Another idea communicated poorly is the 'perfect moments'. They are stumbled through and clumsily described, making the whole concept feel less mysterious and tantalising, and more confusing and unsatisfactory.
In reverse of all this though; is the imagery and descriptions around the nausea. All the sequence were Antoine becomes aware of the life and force sorounding him are incredibly described and talked through. All these scenes are what give this book a pretty good rating, but there are enough flaws to make me feel just disappointed.
The fear and horror that comes with living is a very real one. I still feel scared all little when thinking of the times I spent as an insomniac child, late into the hours of the night completely alone and crying due to the uncertainty of a life I may not live. I wish I had this book then, when the dark was my friend.