284 reviews for:

Die Maias

Eça de Queirós, Eça de Queirós

3.79 AVERAGE

carmen_gliga's review against another edition

2.0

dark tense 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

strangeird's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

ana_sofia42's review against another edition

1.0

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

its_nix's review against another edition

4.0

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

joshor's review against another edition

4.75

funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

beatrizrocha29's review against another edition

3.0

slow-paced

franciscouto_almeida's review against another edition

3.5

emotional tense 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

green_blueberry's review against another edition

4.75

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

filipabcorreia's review against another edition

5.0

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I must admite it: I read this book because I was forced to do it.But to whoever developed the Portuguese educational programe : THANK YOU SO MUCH.
This is quite honestly one of the most complex pieces of literature I've had the pleasure to read and I freaking loved it!
The first half of this novel is really heavy : Eça de Queirós stars introducing family history, a load of different and extremely complex characters all this while continually criticizing the Portuguese society of the time.
The second half is when it gets good.The main characteristics of the characters become really obvious and the critic clear as water.The plot intensifies and we get to see tons of my favorite character(yeah you guessed it: João da Ega).
But what made this novel perfect in my opinion was the last chapter.The way every single character was wrapped up was at the very least genius.When João and Carlos looked back at all of their mistakes and concluded that the moral of their own lives is that nothing is worth running for ("not love, not money, not glory and not power") that was very hopeless but then they kept running.Even though they knew it was worthless they kept running, they kept living and that was so beautifully full of hope, not only for the changing country that was Portugal at the time but for life in general - and that is the most powerful passage I've yet to read.
To Eça de Queirós I have only one word to say : BRAVO!

iris_sofia07's review against another edition

4.25

challenging reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes