Scan barcode
thecriticalreader's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
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
5.0
Middlemarch by George Eliot is the best book I’ve ever read. I could spend paragraphs upon paragraphs expounding on how spectacular, transcendent, and astonishingly perfect this book is. Or, I can accept that I don’t have the words to do it justice, and remain quietly thankful that this book exists and that I’m alive to read (and re-read) it.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexism, Religious bigotry, Pregnancy, Infidelity, Medical content, Xenophobia, Terminal illness, Miscarriage, Grief, Death, Classism, and Alcohol
Minor: Antisemitism
Gamblingdana_katherine's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
slow-paced
5.0
Buoyed me through a hard period and made me think so much about what it means to live a good life.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Xenophobia
Minor: Miscarriage
aqtbenz's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Miscarriage, Death, Terminal illness, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism
Minor: Alcoholism
skudiklier's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Okay, wow. I enjoyed this book a lot more than it seems other people do. It's my favorite college professor's favorite book, and she regularly brought it up in classes, so it's been on my tbr list for years. I didn't know how long or intricate it was, but I'm glad I didn't know anything really going in.
Halfway through I had to make a list of characters I actually liked, since several of them fell into a category of something like "I root for them in spite of not really liking them." But it all progressed in a much better way than I thought it would.
Halfway through I had to make a list of characters I actually liked, since several of them fell into a category of something like "I root for them in spite of not really liking them." But it all progressed in a much better way than I thought it would.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Antisemitism, Death, Grief, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Animal cruelty, Cancer, Drug use, Infidelity, Medical content, Miscarriage, Murder, Religious bigotry, and Suicidal thoughts
These are just the more specific content warnings I wrote down while reading the book:
More...