Reviews

An Eye for an Eye by Anthony Trollope

damaso194's review against another edition

reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

It was a bit boring tbh

andy02l's review against another edition

4.0

Considero que es un libro que te puede ayudar a introducir en los clásicos, la historia es interesante y te mantiene atento. Para mí fue el verdadero no confíes en las promesas de los hombres.

pedantic_reader's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

dryanee's review against another edition

3.0

Resulta que he leído poco o casi nada este mes, así que este libro lo he leído muuuy poco a poco. No es que sea malo, simplemente no estaba yo muy lectora y tampoco es lo mejor que haya escrito Trollope, por descontado.

Esta historia definitivamente tiene su valor simplemente por quién la escribió: mi querido Trollope

dreamshamy's review against another edition

3.0

Novela muy entretenida y brillantemente escrita, aunque tiene un exceso de "culebrón" que creo que le lastra en la parte final de la misma. Tiene una reflexión bastante interesante sobre la dicotomia entre lo que queremos hacer y lo que creemos que debemos hacer. Recomendable.

themoonphoenix's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

wildflowerz76's review against another edition

1.0

Let me save you the trouble of slogging through this boring book. Boy wants to marry girl, but his uncle (of whom he is the heir) doesn't want him to because she's Irish, poor, and they know nothing of her father. Boy promises the uncle he won't marry her. Boy promises the girl that he will. The book is him waffling back and forth endlessly while statements and arguments are repeated over and over and over again. It's tedious and boring.

Also, the arrangement he argues for in the end of the book, wasn't that a thing? It's called a left-handed marriage or a morganatic marriage.

Blah. Don't read this. Please don't waste your time.

wutheringheights_1847's review against another edition

1.0

Jesus Christ, this is laughably bad, which is a shame because Trollope wrote He Knew He Was Right and The Way We Live Now - two of my favourite novels and both are so rich and entertaining. An Eye for An Eye is embarrassing. Absolutely nothing happens for the first third of the book (and it's only 169 pages long), the characters are flat, the story is melodramatic and silly, the pacing is off and the dialogue is stale. He gives us page after page of useless backstories that bear no relevance to the ACTUAL story, and none of which explain the characters' motives for their bizarre, implausible behaviour. It certainly doesn't have any substance and yet doesn't have a good story to take its place. It has no merit whatsoever, and this is Anthony Trollope at his worst. Don't waste your time on this slapdash garbage - read He Knew He Was Right, The Way We Live Now and The Warden instead, 'cause Trollope's heart wasn't in this one, that's for sure.

mlafaive's review against another edition

emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

rebeca_sac7's review against another edition

3.0

Es una novela que se lee muy rápido, a Anthony Trollope no le sobran ni faltan palabras para describir su ambiente ni la historia.
El protagonista Fred cae mal, es un pasivo toda la historia y desespera un poco el que nunca se sabe qué es lo que realmente piensa, su enamorada Kate O'Hara es un personaje muy simple que tampoco me hizo empatizar con ella salvo al final en la desgracia. Así que ambos personajes me resultan "meh". Sin duda, el mejor, aunque aparece poco, es el hermano Jake y si bien lo dijo su hermano "el más apto para el puesto de Conde".
De todas maneras Trollope se atreve a criticar en su época, la doble moral en la cual se enjuicia más a las mujeres que a los hombres por los mismos hechos.