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2.84k reviews for:
Brideshead Revisited: The sacred & profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder
Evelyn Waugh
3.87 AVERAGE
2.84k reviews for:
Brideshead Revisited: The sacred & profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder
Evelyn Waugh
3.87 AVERAGE
Spoiler
setelah dibuat bingung akan hubungan Charles dan Sebastian, apakah mereka sekedar teman ataukah lebih dari itu?."For nearly ten years I was thus borne along a road outwardly full of change and incident, but never during that time, except sometimes in my painting ------- and that at longer and longer intervals ------ did I come alive as I had been during the time of my friendship with Sebastian. I took it to be youth, not life, that I was losing." (Charles;226)
Setelah membaca sampai 65%, saya rasa hubungan mereka lebih dari sekedar teman namun mereka hanya menjalani hubungan platonik.
Dan sedikit lebih yakin setelah membaca percakapan antara Charles dan Julia berikut ini:
Charles: "I was glad when I found Celia was unfaithful," I said. "I felt it was right for me to dislike her."
Julia: "Is she? Do you? I'm glad. I don't like her either. Why did you marry her?"
Charles: "Physical attraction. Ambition. Everyone agrees she's the ideal wife for the painter. Loneliness, missing Sebastian."
Julia: #You loved him, didn't you?"
Charles: "Oh yes. He was the forerunner."
Julia understood.
(Page 257)
Tetapi setelah membaca narasi dihalaman 303 jadi ga yakin lagi. Charles ini membingungkan *sebal*.
Charles, "I had not forgotten Sebastian. He was with me daily in Julia; or rather it was Julia I had known in him, in those distant, Arcadian days."
Narasi lain.
Charles, "I had not forgotten Sebastian; every stone of the house had a memory of him, and when I heard him spoken of by Cordelia as someone she had seen a month ago, my lost friend filled my thoughts."
Kurang suka dengan Charles waktu Sebastian banyak minum dia kurang berusaha menghentikan kebiasaannya itu.
Spoiler
waktu menjalani kumpul kebo dengan Julia (mereka berdua sama-sama masih terikat pernikahan dengan pasangan masing-masing) dia malah menyetujui. Dan marah waktu Bridey menyinggung Julia tentang hal ini. (Page 285-286)Senang sekali sedikit dialog antara Charles dan Cordelia berikut ini:
Charles: "Have you told Julia this about Sebastian?".
Cordelia: "The substance of it; not quite as I told you. She never loved him, you know, as we do."
Charles, ""Do." The word reproached me; there was no past tense in Cordelia's verb "to love.""
Dan yeeeiii akhirnya Charles tidak jadi menikah dengan Julia.
(book one 5 stars, book two 4 stars, book three 4.5 stars)
brideshead revisited is written in some of the most romantic prose i’ve ever read. the ending really broke my heart but i completely saw it coming. the oxford section reminds me a lot of someone i no longer speak to; it is so beautifully and familiarly nostalgic of a place i will never again visit. i really loved this book, both more and less than i expected.
brideshead revisited is written in some of the most romantic prose i’ve ever read. the ending really broke my heart but i completely saw it coming. the oxford section reminds me a lot of someone i no longer speak to; it is so beautifully and familiarly nostalgic of a place i will never again visit. i really loved this book, both more and less than i expected.
challenging
emotional
funny
sad
slow-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I picked this up at a bookstore in Oxford, during my first trip to Europe. It's the perfect thing to read in Europe, reflecting the lost pomp and grandeur of some once-great period in the recesses of one's memory. This loss has, of course, characterized much of Western European art and literature at least since the Romantics.
inspiring
reflective
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
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
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
I enjoyed reading the novel. It had a slow beginning but then something just clicked and I couldn't put it down. The ending is bittersweet. It's sad to be so connected to people for such a large portion of your life, only to one day be completely estranged from them. Like you've never met them at all.
Content Warnings
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol
challenging
emotional
funny
reflective
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
Love the writing as usual from Waugh, went a bit stale in the middle due to me having zero interest in the main character. Sebastian, his friends, and the final chapters were the highlights for me - particularly the final scenes with Lord Brideshead.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I can see why Brideshead Revisited is considered one of the English classics, I think it very much encapsulates what a lot of English society felt during the Second World War, reflecting on their pasts as they were sent off to bloody conflict. It's also kind of a great society narrative, and while the sections happening during World War Two are few and far between, I think they really add to Charles's sadness. About halfway through the book, I thought to myself, "Wow, this book is kinda gay" and then I looked it up, and the author was bisexual and had multiple same-sex relationships when he was in college. My only gripe is that I wish we had more closure with Charles and Sebastian's relationship, but I can understand why it ended the way it did.