Journey to the End of the Night Review

Louis-Ferdinand Celine's revulsion and anger at what he considered the idiocy and hypocrisy of society explodes from nearly every page of this novel.

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Bits of this book are amazing, most of it is engaging, but like with many hugely influential texts, it feels too familiar and like someone later ...

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The plot is wafer-thin too. Tries too hard to be gritty and instead ends up a random, gratuitous-violence filled mess. Just seems to drift along haphazrdly with ...

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That book starts with a formless, seemingly autobiographical, rant about royalties, which continues for numerous pages, with no other characters ...

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The pacing is good, the violence serves the plot, and is not over the top. The camera work isn't flashy, and distracting from the story. The lead female is ...

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Journey to the End of Night is the most novel-like of Céline's writings. It has a huge scope, full of pent-up experience and dark lyricism, ...

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“Journey to the End of the Night” is a picaresque novel and not a revolutionary one; a novel of the lower depths like those of the famous Lazarillo de Tormes.

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The book's pacing and human nature aspects are also mixed, with one review noting how it highlights all the most abominable aspects of human nature.

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The tale “Journey to the End of the Night” talks about the meaninglessness of existence. It demonstrates that life is a futile battle, mocking ...

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