2.82k reviews for:

Brideshead Revisited: The sacred & profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder

Evelyn Waugh

3.87 AVERAGE

zabranowicz's review against another edition

5.0

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

psychology4introverts's review against another edition

2.75

challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

---

The first part that plays in Oxford during their youth is interesting if you are looking for a window back in time and how it was to study at Oxford then. of course it is masterfully written, and if you enjoy that literary period you'll love the book and the cleverness with which they hid the dark truths of what was really going on beneath the language used and the famous stiff upper lip. Waughn intended to make a case for catholicism with this book reportedly, but it seems to me it has the contrary effect today, as psychology taught us the real consequences of repressed emotions and authenticity.

fairyblood's review against another edition

---

i just thought this was incredibly boooooring 

paris_december's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective slow-paced

zacyoung's review against another edition

4.25

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

sedonasj's review against another edition

3.0

---

a school 4 but a personal 3

fmjenn's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

zeena's review against another edition

3.5

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

lemeatsweats's review against another edition

5.0

challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

---

Complex, the latter half almost feels like a different story than the first half. 

emgoboingo's review against another edition

3.0

---

This was remarkable and off-putting. It's the kind of book that one would read to write a paper about depictions of catholicism, classism, and homosexuality in early 20th-century England. But the experience of reading this was like having lunch with a bunch of grey-toothed people so preoccupied with how they appear to each other that forget to eat the meal. Everyone is beautiful but their breath is nasty. ALSO: there is an extended metaphor that compares a woman's genitalia to a building site.