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

3.87 AVERAGE

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jylu's review against another edition

4.25
funny reflective sad medium-paced
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mpi_'s review against another edition

5.0
emotional relaxing sad tense 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: Yes

baja's review against another edition

4.0
I enjoyed this. Can see how it inspired the likes of The Secret History. More religious than I was expecting. 
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babyvirgo's review against another edition

4.5
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

loulasee's review against another edition

5.0
challenging emotional mysterious sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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jeannienotshauna's review against another edition

2.75
challenging sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
2.75 ⭐️ I’ll be honest, this book was a struggle. I really enjoyed the first third, Charles’ recollections of his initial meetings with Sebastian and visiting Brideshead are really quite beautiful and have a lovely youthful naïveté about them. Unfortunately this does not continue. The middle third is very much preoccupied with Sebastian’s decline, which was thoroughly depressing and sad to read, and the final third Charles is such a bitter unpleasant fellow that I really struggled to empathise with him, and just kept shouting “make better decisions” or “god he’s insufferable” at the book. 

janefc's review against another edition

5.0
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

anameanomaly's review against another edition

3.0
It was fine. Kind of plodding in the middle.

becca157's review against another edition

2.0
Had to read it for school, very boring

rlittlejn's review against another edition

5.0
inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced