A review by katbenimble
Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth by Hermann Hesse

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

3.5

This is a coming-of-age story that I don't think really was relatable for me.  Well, I take that back.  A lot of the religious information was incredibly relatable to my childhood, so there was some camaraderie there.  It's a relatively short book, but I guess I was expecting more of an obvious philosophical revelation at the end?  We read this in my bookclub, so it was fascinating to do research on the author and had a lot of fun with that.  Would probably not pick up any of his other works though.
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