Reviews

Jellyfish Have No Ears: A Novel by Adèle Rosenfeld

creatizzy's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

geekyearthmama's review

mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

natbellh14's review

emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A

tea_tamai's review against another edition

reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.0

Ich habe das Gefühl, den Roman nicht ganz durchstiegen zu haben, und habe erst im Nachinein über Interviews mit der Autorin die Bedeutung verstanden. Ich denke ich hätte es hilfreich gefunden, schon mit Infos zur Einordnung der non-realen Elemente zu starten, um das Buch tiefer zu lesen. Was ich gerne vorher gewusst hätte:

Louise füllt die Lücken in ihrer Verbindung zur Außenwelt mit den Charakteren des Soldaten, des Hundes und der Botanikerin. Hierbei geht es weniger um eine Exploration von Halluzinationen/mentaler Gesundheit, oder klassischem magical Realism, sondern um die metaphorische Bedeutung der Charaktere, die Louises Emotionen und komplizierten Weg in die Taubheit darstellen.

Durch und durch poetisch, aber auch konfrontativ mit Situationen aus dem Leben von Louise, ihre Familie, KollegInnen und der beste Freundin. Ich bin froh, das Buch entdeckt zu haben!

esthermich4's review against another edition

fast-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

3.5

flahri's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

gertrudski's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

baaholive's review

challenging slow-paced

2.75

magsbaggins's review against another edition

dark funny reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

A challenging, poetic and surreal read about turning deaf while still somewhat belonging to the land of the hearing. Fantasy bleeds into day-to-day life while you're left to wonder what is real and what's imaginary. 
All the while you wonder why you haven't started learning sign language yet, if only to make the world easier to access for all.

bunnenli's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0