Reviews

Intimacy by Jean-Paul Sartre

armyofsashaaa's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

4.5

zaisgraph's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.0

Lucky are the people who do not have to face an inevitable event this way.

cirisiti's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

danielamonteiro's review against another edition

dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

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

4.5

haunted_klaus's review against another edition

challenging dark reflective

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

4.0

klaky15_94's review against another edition

medium-paced

5.0

gemmavinci's review against another edition

4.0

this story is short and not sweet but sour, but the really good sort of sour.

chicken0death's review against another edition

dark reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.0

All the stories here are tight little character portraits. They're sad, dark, complicated and interesting. I mostly enjoyed my time reading them. 

latterman's review against another edition

3.0

An overall great short-stories collection with some profound thinking embossed between the lines—an absolute joy to read through, with one exception.

"The Childhood of a Leader" felt like an intentional mess of a tale, with hard to read style, with single paragraphs that span pages at a time. It would've been okay by itself, but it followed "Intimacy" (that felt like reading through an anxiety attack), making reading a lot more tedious.

That being said, "The Wall", "The Room", and "Erostratus" were absolutely fantastic.

kikacd's review against another edition

5.0

“I tell myself there will be nothing afterwards. But I don't understand what it means. Sometimes I almost can.... and then it fades away and I start thinking about the pains again, bullets, explosions. I'm a materialist, I swear it to you; I'm not going crazy. But something's the matter. I see my corpse; that's not hard but I'm the one who sees it, with my eyes. I've got to think... think that I won't see anything anymore and the world will go on for the others. We aren't made to think that, Pablo. Believe me: I've already stayed up a whole night waiting for something. But this isn't the same: this will creep up behind us, Pablo, and we won't be able to prepare for it."

"Shut up.”