The Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse

The Glass Bead Game

Hermann Hesse

558 pages first pub 1943 (editions)

fiction classics literary challenging reflective slow-paced
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The Glass Bead Game, for which Hesse won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1946, was the author's last and crowning achievement, the most imaginative and prophetic of all his novels. It is the evolution—and resolution—of the terrors and dilemmas o...

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Community Reviews

3.88
based on 2,184 reviews

Moods

reflective: 92%

challenging: 68%

inspiring: 31%

mysterious: 24%

adventurous: 14%

informative: 13%

emotional: 10%

hopeful: 10%

relaxing: 10%

sad: 5%

dark: 3%

lighthearted: 1%


Pace

11% of readers chose medium
87% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

2% of readers chose Plot
16% of readers chose A mix
79% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

69% of readers chose Yes
18% of readers chose Complicated
11% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

45% of readers chose Yes
23% of readers chose Complicated
26% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Diverse cast of characters?

11% of readers chose Yes
9% of readers chose Complicated
78% of readers chose No
2% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

48% of readers chose Yes
22% of readers chose Complicated
25% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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