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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
slow-paced
i don’t even know. i feel like i’m being held hostage by this book and will be it’s hostage for a while, maybe forever (in the best possible way).
emotional
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
2 stars for the surprise appearance of sapphic icon Christina Rosetti in the last chapters.
The metafictional aspects were cool though, I will give the book that.
The metafictional aspects were cool though, I will give the book that.
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I throughly enjoyed this book , i felt sad for charles in the end and sarah was quiet a confusing character , but she also made a lot of sense
One should know this couldn't be just another Victorian novel due to the fact that it was written in 1969 (pivotal year for the counterculture). Fowles was able to recreate the social customs and repressive atmosphere of the times exceptionally well, and managed to introduce conversations among the characters on Darwinism (talk about counterculture). The pivotal point in the book had nothing to do with the main characters of Charles, Ernestina, or Sarah, but about the author as master puppeteer of this whole confabulation. Suddenly the reader is thrust into the awareness of the author at work on manipulating the events unfolding.
What had once been a familiar landscape (to those who are familiar with Victorian novels) became unpredictable and disconcerting. The endings did not tie up all the loose ends in a morally reassuring way, rather the reader questions what really happened. This book definitely deserves a re-read.
What had once been a familiar landscape (to those who are familiar with Victorian novels) became unpredictable and disconcerting. The endings did not tie up all the loose ends in a morally reassuring way, rather the reader questions what really happened. This book definitely deserves a re-read.
A great love story, of finding oneself and the identity we seek within the vast world. Also a very postmodernist novel, that teaches British values and norms at the end of the 19th century Victorian era. The prose in this novel were lyrically amazing, and outstanding. Definitely a novel that every writers should read. Fowles also engages with the reader and breaks the 4th wall in a very creative way.
challenging
funny
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
mysterious
medium-paced