Reviews

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss

courtneycarmona's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective slow-paced

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

3.75

rleen3's review against another edition

emotional sad 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? Yes

4.5

some of the most beautiful and devastating prose i’ve ever read in my life… will need to sit with this one for awhile and maybe reread to fully grasp its excellence

awonn's review against another edition

challenging emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.0

cecile87's review against another edition

3.0

The writing was lovely and some parts made me laugh out loud, which I don't often do when reading a book.

The structure of the book was a bit tedious, with four voices, not three. The fourth voice, the brother Bird, had only one chapter. The third person voice seemed not to fit but was necessary to tell us the rest of the story.

amurray2023's review against another edition

challenging emotional mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

2.0

crystinataco's review against another edition

slow-paced

2.0

leahjane13's review against another edition

funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix

2.75

jolimali's review

I loved some parts of this, especially Leopold as a narrator made me chuckle a lot. But still I couldn’t really bring myself to get through this book, maybe I didn’t give it the level of concentration and attention it deserved as I confused a lot of the characters and details and that made it harder to follow. 

stacers826's review against another edition

4.5

Audio was excellent 

cjanerowe's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75