Reviews

Villette by Charlotte Brontë

avalikesreadingagain's review against another edition

emotional slow-paced

5.0

She really hates Catholics! 

emmajanereads's review against another edition

reflective slow-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

3.0

iridescentjemz's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

4.0

This was another great listen from Audrey. I really enjoyed the story, although the French was a struggle for me. I wasn’t sure about Lucy’s character at first but she grew on me.

I wasn’t sure how it was going to end up but I was satisfied with the ending.

I feel like Lucy was more in love with the idea of M. Paul rather than actually being in love with him

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A very good listen with excellent guide notes. 

monkeybookworm's review against another edition

I lost interest about 100 pages in. I doubt I'll ever come back to it.

meganlaurenp_'s review against another edition

hopeful 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

3.75

juleswells's review against another edition

3.0

So hard to rate this one! Equal parts good, boring, & strange. Well-written of course & I liked the story, but didn't love any of the characters.

aed2655's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

2.0

The two main characters badly needed therapy.

Lucy especially tended to self-sabatoge, which drove me nuts.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexism, Ableism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Emotional abuse

The main character is very anti-Catholicism. I agreed with most of her thoughts, but I suspect the majority would consider it religious bigotry.

katykelly's review against another edition

Had trouble following as an audiobook
Will return to it in paper form at some point

aubrey_rose's review against another edition

I enjoyed this book but have been in a reading slump and just couldn’t get into a rhythm. Plan to revisit. 

atuin's review against another edition

I really can't get into this story at the moment, I'll try again later.