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A review by 21stcenturyfox
Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse
3.0
The book doesn't hit the way I expected it to. The title is a little misleading, Narcissus wasn't in most of the book apart from the beginning and near end. With Freudian and slight homosexual undertone (well, the latter is not indubitable, however I genuinely thought the book was gonna be gay at first), the book mostly consist of Goldmund's adventure as a vagrant and all the women he wooed to bed with his theatrical flirts.
Now, Goldmund. His admiration to women, his (kind of Oedipal) love of his mother doesn't feel right to me, it seems a bit shallow. I do feel for him and his free-spirited nature although oftentimes, I rolled my eyes upon reading the words he used to talk about the women he encountered.
As for Narcissus, despite all his wisdoms and viewpoints, being the first-billing titular character, I expected more of him.
Now, Goldmund. His admiration to women, his (kind of Oedipal) love of his mother doesn't feel right to me, it seems a bit shallow. I do feel for him and his free-spirited nature although oftentimes, I rolled my eyes upon reading the words he used to talk about the women he encountered.
As for Narcissus, despite all his wisdoms and viewpoints, being the first-billing titular character, I expected more of him.