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3.28 AVERAGE
3.28 AVERAGE
This was utterly ridiculous, there was no reason at all for it to be this long, every bit of poetry could have been cut out of it, but it did keep me coming back just to see what ridiculous thing would happen next.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Gosh, I can't believe I finally finished this.
You would think I’d have a lot to discuss after reading +1K pages, but no. This was boring, and I don’t know how I managed to finish it.
At first, I was completely taken by Radcliffe's prose and the way she described the scenery. It felt so real, so beautiful. But after 200 pages, it just started to become repetitive. The plot was all over the place, and the characters were so freaking dramatic (if I could get a penny for every time Emily fainted, I’d be a billionaire right now). I understand now why Austen made a whole parody of this in her work Northanger Abbey, because this was laughable.
But despite it all, I can’t say I wasn’t a bit in...awe? If you’ve read other classic Gothic works, such as Jane Eyre, you’ll undeniably notice how much The Mysteries of Udolpho influenced them. It set the tone for the Gothic novels that followed, and that’s just so freaking cool. So, I’m glad I read it, but yeah, never again.
You would think I’d have a lot to discuss after reading +1K pages, but no. This was boring, and I don’t know how I managed to finish it.
At first, I was completely taken by Radcliffe's prose and the way she described the scenery. It felt so real, so beautiful. But after 200 pages, it just started to become repetitive. The plot was all over the place, and the characters were so freaking dramatic (if I could get a penny for every time Emily fainted, I’d be a billionaire right now). I understand now why Austen made a whole parody of this in her work Northanger Abbey, because this was laughable.
But despite it all, I can’t say I wasn’t a bit in...awe? If you’ve read other classic Gothic works, such as Jane Eyre, you’ll undeniably notice how much The Mysteries of Udolpho influenced them. It set the tone for the Gothic novels that followed, and that’s just so freaking cool. So, I’m glad I read it, but yeah, never again.
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
lighthearted
mysterious
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
Not in the headspace to finish this right now. I’ll try again some other time.
This was a very good mystery. Some of it kind of dragged, but it was so intriguing that I always wanted to keep reading.
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
One of the core gothic lit texts and for good reason. I like Emily a lot more than I like most gothic heroines and it avoids some of the gothic lit tropes that I personally find incredibly frustrating
challenging
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No