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Le joueur d'échecs by Stefan Zweig

38 reviews

bleuennreads_'s review against another edition

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dark reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

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mayabelang4's review against another edition

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dark emotional hopeful fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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bookwhore07's review against another edition

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4.5

u could be lame and learn chess due to psychological torture and isolation OR u could be cool and sexy and take a bunch of tranquilizers as a child

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irgendwieantonia's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

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

3.75

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beanwa's review against another edition

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fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? N/A
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

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hairbert's review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad fast-paced

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

4.0

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wildestars's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious tense medium-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

3.0

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mandel's review against another edition

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dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? N/A
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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polpolpolulu's review against another edition

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dark mysterious sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This is the first novella of Zweig that I’ve read, and I was not left disappointed. My mother wanted me read this book because school age children in Germany read this book as novel study and in the western world we tend to stick to the classics that we know and love.

This is a beautiful reflective piece. It showcased the raw aggression that victims of isolation face, and this made me compare it life as it is right now. Of course our isolations are not even close to what victims of Nazis endured.

I would be interested in re reading this when I’m older to see if I gain more understanding of the story when I have more experience in life.

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major_overachiever's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective tense fast-paced

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

4.0

Ich mochte das Buch wirklich sehr gerne. Es war wieder einmal eine Erinnerung, wie wenig eine Situation aussagen kann, wenn man die Hintergrundgeschichte nicht kennt. Es hat mich sehr emotional mitgenommen und ich wollte nicht, dass es endet. Mir ist ganz am Ende ein bisschen der Schachweltmeister untergegangen und deshalb hat es mich nicht 100% überzeugt, aber je mehr ich darüber lerne und lese, desto mehr Spaß macht es. Aber ja, es hat mich auch an sehr dunkle und schreckliche Punkte mitgenommen, die zum Nationalsozialismus zwingend dazugehören. Ich will es auf jeden Fall bald noch einmal lesen und würde es auch sehr empfehlen, vor allem mit geschichtlichem Kontext.

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