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zwanessa's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-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? Yes
4.75
anetq's review against another edition
3.0
Women and their (mostly neurotic) lives. Much is untold - and their relationships are especially unclear and wrapped in the untold. Maybe in the spirit of the times (1972) they mostly seem to let the men think they need them, when it is often not so. Or maybe it is and they are hiding the truth from both themselves and the reader?
dreya's review against another edition
1.0
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Wahrscheinlich das schlechteste Buch das ich je gelesen habe. Die Charaktere kann man nicht ausstehen. Nehmen wir mal Beatrix. Was für ein narzisstisches Möchtegern. Wer solch eine Frau ausstehen kann oder sogar zum Freundeskreis zählt hat doch nicht alle Tassen im Schrank. Das Buch war Pflichtlektüre und jede Seite fühlte sich an als ob mein Gehirn einen Spaziergang durch die Hölle mach.
Der Schreibstil hat mir überhaupt nicht gefallen und wenn ich die Charaktere mit einem Wort beschreiben müsste, wäre das "pretentious".
Wahrscheinlich das schlechteste Buch das ich je gelesen habe. Die Charaktere kann man nicht ausstehen. Nehmen wir mal Beatrix. Was für ein narzisstisches Möchtegern. Wer solch eine Frau ausstehen kann oder sogar zum Freundeskreis zählt hat doch nicht alle Tassen im Schrank. Das Buch war Pflichtlektüre und jede Seite fühlte sich an als ob mein Gehirn einen Spaziergang durch die Hölle mach.
Der Schreibstil hat mir überhaupt nicht gefallen und wenn ich die Charaktere mit einem Wort beschreiben müsste, wäre das "pretentious".
rebsy's review
3.0
All of the stories are well written and I remember finding a nice strangeness to them but only the last story, the title one "Three Paths to the Lake" really hit me - if you are deciding to just read one I would recommend that one.
I'm just reviewing this from memory but what I remember is that "Three Paths to the Lake" - the story, brought up issues very relevant to, well, people like myself today. Mainly the issue of all the suffering in the world and how we can go on with our lives with this knowledge - I'll look up the quotation and add it.
I'm just reviewing this from memory but what I remember is that "Three Paths to the Lake" - the story, brought up issues very relevant to, well, people like myself today. Mainly the issue of all the suffering in the world and how we can go on with our lives with this knowledge - I'll look up the quotation and add it.
piccoline's review
5.0
Stunning. Brilliant, demanding stories, intertwined by themes and recurring characters. Bachmann should be better known, but perhaps she's too jagged or too honest. Her portrayals of how men and women interact are consistently excellent, the small persistent misunderstandings and how hard it can be to even communicate. Her women, too, battle for respect and autonomy. This is strong and inspiring stuff.
I began my reading of Ingeborg to explore how she influenced Thomas Bernhard, another favorite of mine. Now, for me, she stands alongside him, shoulder to shoulder, two Austrian literary behemoths, brutal and unflinching in their honesty and dedication to their singular approaches to literary art.
I began my reading of Ingeborg to explore how she influenced Thomas Bernhard, another favorite of mine. Now, for me, she stands alongside him, shoulder to shoulder, two Austrian literary behemoths, brutal and unflinching in their honesty and dedication to their singular approaches to literary art.
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