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The Blind Owl by Sadegh Hedayat

parmydaaa's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective sad medium-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? It's complicated

5.0

carmenx9's review against another edition

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5.0

The repeated imagery and metaphors are such a good device for this fractured narration. I'm not the first to say it but there are unreliable narrators and then there's this guy

sarpdem's review against another edition

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4.0

4.5 - goodness, what an ending.

inumakitoge's review against another edition

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challenging

4.0

a_davis's review against another edition

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challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

2.75

I didn’t really get this. I had a general idea of what took place at the end, and I really liked the repeated imagery since it helped track the character’s progression into madness, but I have no idea what the narrative was about. 

I very much want to try revisiting this after I’ve read some interpretations of it, and historically and culturally contextualized it
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duygumustafa's review against another edition

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dark reflective tense
  • 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

3.0

awryry's review against another edition

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challenging dark slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

hoogya's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Loved the part 1 with all my heart and soul but the rest of the book wasn’t nearly as poetic and was just confusing. I enjoyed the explanation and thought it was a great inclusion to the book. 

arigaulin's review against another edition

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challenging dark sad tense

5.0

This is one of the most well-written novel I’ve ever read. It is also the most disorienting book I’ve read. I will never forget reading this.

kingazaz's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-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

4.25

hypnotic, fearsome, all-consuming. a transmission from the worst your life has ever been