Reviews

Faust: A Tragedy, Parts One and Two by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

immila's review against another edition

challenging mysterious slow-paced

• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

boblanksma's review against another edition

I quite enjoyed the first part, because the scenes were short it was easy to read. The scenes in the second part are much longer, and thus take more effort. I read the first scene and understood very little, and I haven't had the motivation to continue after that. I would like to pick up the second part sometime in the future though, I would like to know how it ends.

creg_11's review against another edition

challenging funny

4.0

mmmokka's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

4.0

liambetts's review against another edition

5.0

I finally picked this up after hearing Faust referenced by so many of the other things I was reading (namely, Kandel in In Search of Memory and Hofstadter in Godel, Escher, Bach). I read the Kauffmann translation, and absolutely loved it!

Mephistopheles is a real one. Don't have time for more thoughts rn but will update later.

afonsobd's review against another edition

challenging reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

noahtato's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark funny mysterious reflective medium-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

Faust was a confusedly enjoyable book which spent long periods of time on banal moments in its plot and then very little time on the material of substance. That said, I am excited for Part II.

themoonlightbook's review against another edition

challenging dark tense slow-paced

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

4.75

sofimiau's review against another edition

no lo pude terminar muy denso lo siento

draig_dyke's review against another edition

challenging dark funny fast-paced

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

4.5

Das also war des Pudels Kern!