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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
Satire is slathered all over the outside of this book. And I don't doubt it. But satire from upper-class England in the 1940's is a little beyond my reach. I'd say skip it, although I did LOL twice.
A very clever and amusing book, and probably a well-aimed satire on the mores of its own time, but it falls a bit flat now. And to appreciate the broader themes and humour demands more misanthropy than I can muster.
3* Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder
3* Decline and Fall
3* Men at Arms
3* Scoop
3* Mr Loveday's Little Outing & Other Early Stories
4* Officers and Gentlemen
4* Unconditional Surrender
3* A Handful of Dust
TR Labels
TR Ninety Two Days: A Journey In Guiana And Brazil, 1932
TR Vile Bodies
About Evelyn Waugh:
3* Evelyn Waugh: A Life Revisited by Philip Eade
3* Decline and Fall
3* Men at Arms
3* Scoop
3* Mr Loveday's Little Outing & Other Early Stories
4* Officers and Gentlemen
4* Unconditional Surrender
3* A Handful of Dust
TR Labels
TR Ninety Two Days: A Journey In Guiana And Brazil, 1932
TR Vile Bodies
About Evelyn Waugh:
3* Evelyn Waugh: A Life Revisited by Philip Eade
dark
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
le sigh ... this book was really good but the ending ruined it for me. #savetony2k20
In this novel, Waugh's characters are purposefully horrid — to themselves and to each other — but his writing is witty, sarcastic and so unbelievably funny while also being poignant about societal criticism (a la Jane Austen), that it's wildly enjoyable!
An absolutely searing, terrifyingly plausible exploration of the human heart, of the ways we are always alone, of the ways we torture ourselves and each other in society. It is written with stunning lyricism and with brutal economy, and sometimes with hallucinatory vividness.
dark
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes