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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
This is my second time reading this book. The first time I read it in the beginning of this year I rated it with a 2-star. This time around I enjoyed this book so much. I found it extremely funny and clever.
this book was about a couple who had many problems and the story up to the end of their marriage. lady brenda last cheats on her husband tony and the drama and secrecy of the affair ends their marriage when their young son dies . then tony goes exploring, and he in turn also dies in the middle of peru. very dramatic and enticing, very addictive and a very interesting viewpoint into life in 1930s england. marvellous!
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
By the time I reached the penultimate chapter, I felt very much like poor Tony! (I won't explain further, for fear of spoiling it for those who haven't read the novel.) I'm not sure if it was Waugh's intention to position the reader in this way, but that's how I felt. Perhaps my dislike of the book has more to do with my own misguided expectations: I was anticipating a satirical, modernist send-up of Trollope, but was instead presented with a grotesque Heart of Darkness. That being said, I'm up for reading more Waugh in the future.
So, SO funny. Foofy British meanness. In the midst of the characters' relentless, shockingly horrible behavior, there's lots of descriptions of outfits, meals, and decor, which I always love.
dark
funny
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
everyone always focuses on how absurd and chillinging the ending is, but there are some brilliant moments in the beginning of the book in England that are pretty funny in the way satires always are and i don’t think that gets enough credit