The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Painted Bird
Book Review: A must-read!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of these books you'll never forget! The Painted Bird has haunted me ever since I read the book more than 15 years agoBook Review: A nightmarish modern classic.
Summary: 5 Stars
Jerzy Kosinski is graphically realistic in his hellish depiction of the violence and dehumanization of one boy's experiences during World War II. The story is captivating, shocking, and told with the violent realism that is Kosinski's trademark. The language of the novel is beautiful and well-thought-out; it adds so much to the atmosphere of the book. Although "The Painted Bird" is not a book for the conservative or the squeamish, no author has captured the horrors of war in a more poignant and startling manner. "The Painted Bird" will make you question, ponder, and value every moment of your existence. What a tragedy that Kosinski had to leave us so soon.Book Review: A putrid attempt at macabre storytelling
Summary: 1 Stars
I read this book many, many years ago. I have never stopped thinking that it is one of the most gratuitous pieces of fiction I have ever read. It is disturbing. What is also disturbing is that an individual would actually sit down and write it. It is incoherent in its effort to paint a reasonable story. It is a collection of perverted thinking.It was not to long after reading “The Painted Bird” that I read “Last Exit to Brooklyn” by Hubert Selby. There were many similar horrific and inhumane actions in this book but I could at least attempt to understand the basis for the behavior. In Kosinki’s book there was no connection between behavior and reasoning, it is just a putrid attempt at macabre storytelling.
Book Review: A response to Robert J. Crawford
Summary: 5 Stars
He, Jerzy, did not die because of lies, but because of aging. He hated getting old.The book, Painted Bird, is exceptional.
Book Review: Actually a 5-star review
Summary: 3 Stars
But who in their right mind would give five stars to a story about: bestiality, torture, incest, rape, murder, butchery, rape ... (I know I said 'rape' twice - it could be a dozen times). Have I left anything out? Probably. You get the picture. Read this book at your peril. You will never be able to forget it....