A review by kajasversion
Alamut by Vladimir Bartol

adventurous slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

This book sucks ass. Bartol is incapable of getting to the point without repeating the same thing a minimum of five times for the life of him. The whole dragged on for so long and it was absolutely unnecessary, it could’ve been reduced to 150 pages in my opinion. The way the author talks about women in this novel is just blatant misogyny, even beyond the point of just cultural context and a different time period. You can tell the views in the book are definitely a reflection of the author himself. There was also a lot of racism remarks made about black people, which were absolutely not relevant to the plot, they were there for the sake of being there ig. Overall the story itself had a good premise, but Bartol`s attempt at its execution is laughable at best and pathetic at worst. Would not recommend, it put me to sleep more times that I can count. 
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