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laz_'s review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars
not sure how 600-page victorian novels are what get me reading voraciously but here we are. i’ve read a lot of trollope to get this far in the series, which is strange since i have been fairly middling on a lot of his stuff?? it just doesn’t hit emotionally as much for me as other quaint victorian novels. however the recurring characters that keep coming back in these books are really a big highlight for me and i really am starting to care for them. i might be too harsh on trollope because even in the books i didn’t like as much he’s an excellent storyteller and so fun to just ride along with. i think really loving the past novel (doctor thorne) made this one much more enjoyable as i loved seeing those characters again!
not sure how 600-page victorian novels are what get me reading voraciously but here we are. i’ve read a lot of trollope to get this far in the series, which is strange since i have been fairly middling on a lot of his stuff?? it just doesn’t hit emotionally as much for me as other quaint victorian novels. however the recurring characters that keep coming back in these books are really a big highlight for me and i really am starting to care for them. i might be too harsh on trollope because even in the books i didn’t like as much he’s an excellent storyteller and so fun to just ride along with. i think really loving the past novel (doctor thorne) made this one much more enjoyable as i loved seeing those characters again!
terese_utan_h's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
reflective
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
4.0
karinlib's review against another edition
4.0
Trollope and Dickens are often compared to each other, and usually Dickens is considered the better writer, but I am thoroughly enjoying this series. For me, the two writers are equally good, they just focus on a different segment of Victorian life.
Another aspect that I like about Trollope is that Chronicles of Barsetshire really is a series. We encounter the same characters from book to book (at least so far, I have only read 4 of the 6), although we are introduced to new main characters in each book.
Another aspect that I like about Trollope is that Chronicles of Barsetshire really is a series. We encounter the same characters from book to book (at least so far, I have only read 4 of the 6), although we are introduced to new main characters in each book.
amlibera's review against another edition
4.0
I thoroughly enjoy the time that I spend in Anthony Trollope's world - this may not be my favorite of his novel (the interactions between Sowerby and Mark Robarts made anxious throughout and the novel just kind of ends at a point that one would assume there would be a climax). But I am over and over struck by Trollope's women - their complexity, their specificity. From Lady Lufton to Mrs. Proudie, to Lucy and Miss Dunstable they are complete and complex and worth the time spent in their company
larobertson's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
tense
medium-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
krobart's review against another edition
4.0
See my review here:
https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2017/10/17/day-1139-framley-parsonage/
https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2017/10/17/day-1139-framley-parsonage/
nlbullock1's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars! This is the fourth books of Trollope’s Barsetshire Chronicles and I think I liked it the best so far. Trollope writes with a deep empathy for his characters and as deep an insight of people and their motives as any author I’ve read before. He also is very funny, in a way similar to Charles Dickens, but with greater charity towards all of his characters. This book, as with all of Trollope’s books, is infused with the morals and social mores of the Victorian age of Great Britain, and it’s fun to read that people are the same, whatever time we place them in.
jenmcmaynes's review against another edition
4.0
Patience has been rewarded! Finally, in the 4th book of the Barsetshire series, I see why Trollope is so admired. This book showcases the humor and ensemble cast present in the first three books, but the characters are so much more human. Finally, good characters that make mistakes! Or that are not universally admired! And are involved in a minor scandal or two! I found Framley Parsonage to be much more readable because of this (obviously) and I also enjoyed the cameos of so many characters from the previous novels. I am glad I have kept reading this series, and I hope the last two continue in this manner.