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

Evelyn Waugh

3.87 AVERAGE

gonzoozler's review against another edition

4.0

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad 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

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The first half of this book is amazing and captures some elements of queer affection that I love, and has many lovable and laughable characters. It focuses on on a group of Oxford students in the 1920s, one of which is Sebastian, a queer coded Catholic from old money. He becomes our protagonist’s obsession. 
The second half of the book is after a later point in there lives and I personally found it less exciting, but it’s still quite well written.

etak_c's review against another edition

2.5

reflective tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

taxidermies's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

karllaurenz's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

lifesarosch's review against another edition

4.5

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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More catholic than expected. God the interwar years are both bleak and homoerotic. 

ziegenundzitronen's review against another edition

3.5

emotional informative mysterious sad tense medium-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: No

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I read this book after watching Saltburn expecting homoeroticism and machiavellistic manipulation. It was good and enjoyable regardless, but a little too much Catholicism for my taste.

cliffydoog's review against another edition

4.0

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At times uncomfortably too close to home, and then suddenly flittering into unfamiliar territory; an interesting read.

4.5

italianjob101's review against another edition

4.25

inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

schmucie's review against another edition

3.75

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

trin's review against another edition

3.0

reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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First half: wild, gay, drunk -- intriguing.

Second half: repressed, heterosexual, Catholic -- dull.

Not entirely sure what Waugh was aiming for with all the homoeroticism in this one. Truly the "First, make a gay little man. Then, give him a problem" school of plotting.

But even when bored I can't help but admire the striving thrust of Waugh's sentences.