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3.94 AVERAGE
3.94 AVERAGE
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Overwhelmingly good. Murdoch takes such wicked delight in realising her vain misogynist narrator and even more in putting him – and the reader – through the ringer.
fühlt sich anmaßend und irre an, eine so meisterliche autorin zu kritisieren, weil auch dieses buch großartig gemacht ist. aber für mich war es im ausgang zu lang. und was im postscript nur kurz angerissen wurde - charles' reale liebe zu clement, im unterschied zu seiner fantasie von hartley - wäre so, so interessant gewesen. davon hätte ich gern etwas gehört: wie die fantasien auch im realen leben, in der gelingenden liebe mitspielen, uns treiben und täuschen, und wie wir ihnen vielleicht trotzdem manchmal entwischen.
Charles Arrowby retires from a lifetime in the London theatre to a cottage by the sea, intending to write a memoir undisturbed by all the reprobates he once associated with, but has now come to disdain. Who would think such a thoroughly detestable man could be so compelling? The book’s early section—Arrowby’s “Prehistory”—is full of the joys of retirement: his delight in food, his little cottage, and the ever-changing sea, all told in his arch voice. But an unexpected encounter in the village upends his plans for happy solitude, and reawakens an obsession that changes his plans in late life. Murdoch’s writing, in the first person, put the reader behind the eyes of this narcissist—a “tartar,” as he calls himself, used to manipulating everyone around him. He finds, however, that in old age his old tricks don’t work as well and he’s in for a reckoning. ‘The Sea, The Sea’ affirms the human ability to change and learn and the strength of friendship, even if its first person narrative sometimes fails to truly bring to life the suffering Arrowby causes to those around him.
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Hartley e una dintre cele mai dezamăgitoare personaje feminine despre care mi-a fost dat să citesc.
Hartley e una dintre cele mai dezamăgitoare personaje feminine despre care mi-a fost dat să citesc.
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
dark
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes