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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Suicide
Moderate: Body shaming, Chronic illness, Infidelity, Misogyny, Pregnancy
Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Rape, Suicidal thoughts, Death of parent
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
lighthearted
reflective
dark
informative
reflective
medium-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
inspiring
sad
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
What was the use of man’s vain agitation if the wind behind him swept and carried away all the traces of his footsteps? The past was but the cemetery of our illusions: one simply stubbed one’s toes on the gravestones.
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Suicide
Written when artists (painter's, explorer's, writer's, etc.) were trying to break though with new thoughts and expressions this novel details the trials and anguish relative to them. The author focused most of all on a artist and how he was effected and passionately driven by his art. The despair in not being able to realize his ambition, his absorption and decline, his fall into madness. Zola based the writer in the novel on himself, but what of the others? It was said that his protagonist was based on Manet, lines were attributed to come from Cezanne, yet maybe a combination of all the artists from the Impressionists period. Whether Zola wrote this book to diminish the importance of the artists or raise awareness of a breakthrough period is not conclusive. One thing is certain, they became famous and left their mark on the world.
challenging
dark
medium-paced
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced