A review by minzzi
Os Sofrimentos do Jovem Werther by Marcelo Backes, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

2.75

  This is definitely a well written book that was very important for it's time and genre.  
  However, I have no interest in reading about a man whining for almost 200 pages about a woman that clearly has no interest in him. Maybe I would be more emphatic towards Werther if he didn't romanticize the sexual assault inflicted on a woman he doesn't even know and then proceeded himself to assault the woman he supposedly loves more then anything in the world.
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