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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
“All my sensations were so new and so sweet… I was in love, that this was it, this was love.”
My first Turgenev and I look forward to more!
My first Turgenev and I look forward to more!
mysterious
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:
Yes
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Very moving, but the twist at the end left me feeling unsatisfied and I would've loved maybe 20 more pages about the protagonists inner conflict, as well as an insight into the father's mind
I did not want to know whether I was loved, and I did not want to acknowledge to myself that I was not.
I gave myself up to fruitless speculation, and was always looking for secluded places. I became particularly fond of the ruined greenhouse. I used to climb, I remember, on to the high wall, settle myself on it and sit there, a youth afflicted by such misery, solitude and grief that I would be overcome with self-pity. How I reveled in these melancholy feelings - how I adored them.I am in love with Turgenev's prose - so simple yet so captivating <3
challenging
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Short but boring. And occasionally annoying.
I liked the beginning, I liked the ending (kind of), but a whole lot of uninteresting things happens in the middle. Maybe because of the lack of a hook, lack of likeable characters or maybe the lack of substance other than a 21 year old girl messing around with a 16 year old boy's feelings.
Beautiful descriptions, but for all they are, there are still a lot of things unsaid that don't make me understand at all why annoying characters do certain things.
I want to like this book because it has important themes, but at the end of the day, if I don't understand characters that are also unlikeable, then it's just going to make me frustrated at trying to get it or at its potential for what it could have been. Just as this book did.
I liked the beginning, I liked the ending (kind of), but a whole lot of uninteresting things happens in the middle. Maybe because of the lack of a hook, lack of likeable characters or maybe the lack of substance other than a 21 year old girl messing around with a 16 year old boy's feelings.
Beautiful descriptions, but for all they are, there are still a lot of things unsaid that don't make me understand at all why annoying characters do certain things.
I want to like this book because it has important themes, but at the end of the day, if I don't understand characters that are also unlikeable, then it's just going to make me frustrated at trying to get it or at its potential for what it could have been. Just as this book did.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced