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Blinding by Mircea Cărtărescu

philadelphiamusicjon's review against another edition

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5.0

This was truly amazing, it reminds me of a Fernando Pessoa who manages to be comprehensible with a healthy dose of unexpected magical life thrown in. Truly unique and worth reading even for those who wind up not liking it.

kateofmind's review

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

One of the best books I have ever read. Ten out of five stars. 

linaleelibros's review against another edition

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4.0

Sin duda alguna esta narrativa de Mircea Cartarescu no es para todos.
Habla de tantas cosas, sueños, historia, vida y desarrollo que bueno no tengo palabras para describir la belleza de este libro. Sin duda alguna Cartarescu nos lleva página con página a Rumania y vale mucho la pena leer este primer libro.

marc129's review against another edition

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Nah, not really my cup of tea, I'm afraid. I've given it a try (100 pages), but I don't have the patience to wrestle myself through all these myriad pages. My bad, I guess.

sacmersault's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging funny mysterious reflective tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

chillcox15's review against another edition

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5.0

A masterpiece!

anabunea's review against another edition

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3.0

Nu știu care a fost scopul acestui roman, să fie o lectură plăcută sau memorabilă. Cert este că mi-au rămas multe imagini prinse pe retină, dar nu neapărat plăcute.


Scabros, pretențios si pe alocuri sublim.

skrint's review against another edition

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Absolutely addicted to Cartarescu. The way I described Blinding to people who I told about it was Dizzying. 

andrewmerritt00's review against another edition

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5.0

What the fuck did I just read?

patrick_n's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging mysterious reflective 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? It's complicated

4.5