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بين القصرين by Naguib Mahfouz

jeanchristophe's review against another edition

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5.0

The author does an excellent job of making every character sympathetic, even the ones who are not great people

niallmc's review against another edition

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dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-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

5.0

hakkun1's review against another edition

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emotional 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? Yes

4.75

akaozymandias's review against another edition

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emotional funny reflective sad slow-paced

3.25

clare_the_reader's review against another edition

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challenging emotional informative 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? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

anniewogel's review against another edition

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emotional informative relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

cinnamon_girl9's review against another edition

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5.0

ملحمة فعلاً؛ أقل ما يُقال عنها..

oldwinenewwineskins's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing sad medium-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

4.5

Beautiful. Too wordy at times but I loved and enjoyed reading it.

msewidan's review against another edition

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5.0

من أجمل ما قرأت والحقيقة أنها كانت بتحلو اكتر كل ما اتقدم فيها
برأيى أن سلطوية سى السيد السبب فيها أمينة واولاده
أمينة اصلا مكنتش عايزة تشوف المحتل الانجليزى اللى بيقتل المصريين كأشرار ومكنتش موافقة يخرجوا بالدم شخصية ضعيفة لابعد الحدود

yefkarpidis's review against another edition

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4.0

A good account of life in Egypt during that period. A sad ending.