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A review by emmazucati
Adam and Evelyn by John E. Woods, Ingo Schulze
2.0
It's definitely super different from what I'm used to, and I'm curious of if that's because it's German or because it's just an odd book. I liked how Shulze never tried to get you to like, or even pity Adam. He was an asshole and continued to be oblivious to others throughout the novel. I felt like Evelyn wasn't given a whole lot of thought though. She existed to push Adam's story along which felt more sexist and dull than clever.
It was pretty difficult to follow people, their actions, and geographic placements as the novel went along. In Schulze's defense, I have no political understanding of Germany/Hungary during the late 1980s. I know the Berlin Wall is a prominent feature of the novel, but it was never referenced directly so I was mostly lost, as most people with a generic American education would be.
I also don't get the reference to Adam and Eve. Like I don't know where that was supposed to come into play, especially with the one dimensional Eve, but I found it disappointing.
It was pretty difficult to follow people, their actions, and geographic placements as the novel went along. In Schulze's defense, I have no political understanding of Germany/Hungary during the late 1980s. I know the Berlin Wall is a prominent feature of the novel, but it was never referenced directly so I was mostly lost, as most people with a generic American education would be.
I also don't get the reference to Adam and Eve. Like I don't know where that was supposed to come into play, especially with the one dimensional Eve, but I found it disappointing.