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milliganco's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Loveable characters? No
1.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Incest, and Mental illness
emdnuofuoy's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Très dur de rentrer dans ce roman, lent, où l’on s’attache peu aux personnages et notamment Hélène qui reste un vrai mystère pour moi même après 5h de lecture. L’histoire est lente et plutôt commune pour l’époque dans laquelle elle se déroule, mais je tiens à saluer son originalité sur certains points comme la relation Martha-Hélène ou Carl-Hélène. Je trouve cependant dommage que l’héroïne ne semble pas avoir de pensées sur ce qu’elle fait, on ignore complètement ce qui se passe dans sa tête, ce qui fait que les autres personnages passent un peu au second plan - car Hélène n’en pense rien.
Beaucoup de longueurs dans le texte qui font que, malgré une belle plume, je ne mets que 7/10
Beaucoup de longueurs dans le texte qui font que, malgré une belle plume, je ne mets que 7/10
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest and Sexism
wiesensalbei's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- 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
3.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Antisemitism, Drug use, Medical trauma, Drug abuse, Misogyny, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Grief, Incest, Deportation, Mental illness, Abortion, Addiction, Genocide, Violence, War, and Domestic abuse
mlacante's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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
lihim30's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Incest and Sexual content
Moderate: Rape
Minor: War
readingowl03's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
melanieapril's review against another edition
3.0
This novel is a good example of how the Goodreads rating-system can fall short. Die Mittagsfrau (English title: The Blindness of the Heart) is an excellent work of literature, but I cannot in good conscience recommend it to anyone because it is BLEAK and depressing and not in a cathartic way. When I first started reading, the novel seemed especially dark and humorless and I was reminded of why I don't read more contemporary German literature just for funsies. Eventually I got caught up in the story and the prose, but I still found myself getting angry at the protagonist for her passivity and endless victimization, an effect the author probably intended. Brutal.
the_mew_of_cathulhu's review against another edition
challenging
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
therealmette's review against another edition
3.0
I couldn't stop reading... the language was very captive. Generally I'm getting tired of world war novels, but this one proved to be different.