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4.05 AVERAGE
4.05 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5
La historia de Monty y Percy me gustó mucho, creo que es una buena representación de la época. Ambos son personajes con un trasfondo interesante y entretenido. La evolución de su relación es emocionante y con momentos realmente divertidos.
Ahora, todo el resto del libro no me importó en lo mas mínimo. Todos esos conflictos super raros me dieron muy igual. Por eso se me hacía pesado cuando se concentraba solo en eso.
Percy, eres un ser increíble y te quiero mucho.
Monty, eres mejor de lo que crees.
Felicity, una diosa.
La historia de Monty y Percy me gustó mucho, creo que es una buena representación de la época. Ambos son personajes con un trasfondo interesante y entretenido. La evolución de su relación es emocionante y con momentos realmente divertidos.
Ahora, todo el resto del libro no me importó en lo mas mínimo. Todos esos conflictos super raros me dieron muy igual. Por eso se me hacía pesado cuando se concentraba solo en eso.
Percy, eres un ser increíble y te quiero mucho.
Monty, eres mejor de lo que crees.
Felicity, una diosa.
adventurous
emotional
funny
sad
fast-paced
Meh, it was fine. I think I wanted more romance. Also, Monty needed more redeeming qualities for me.
I have not been a fan of historical fiction, but the new take on revisiting history and telling parts or partial tales about how things were with a twist is fun. Magic, love, pirates and humor make this
adventurous
challenging
funny
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Not gonna lie, the thing that made me want to read this book was the cover. I mean, let's just take two seconds to admire that GORGEOUS gentleman on the cover of this book because I don't see enough people talking about him. (also I find the title of the book weirdly satisfying for some reason)
Now to the book itself - it was so much fun! I thought Monty and Percy's relationship is really cute, and frustrating too at times because, oh well, the course of true love never did run smooth, did it? ;) Monty is definitely in the line of the long list of fictional boys that fell in love with, cute, funny and annoying to a hellish extent. I would have fallen completely head-over-heels for him if he treated women with a bit more respect (which, for the record, I am not blaming the author for accurately portraying the time period). Overall, The Gentleman's Guide was not one of those overly extravagant and pretentious books, despite its historical setting. The tone was very consistent throughout the book, which, weirdly, a lot of books aren't. (Personally, I don't mind profanity in books but if you do, you have been warned)
For me, the events of this book was more episodic than closely linked. Though individually-speaking, they were all pretty interesting, I don't really see a distinct connection between some of the events, making some parts of the book a little abrupt and out-of-the-blue, and the whole book somehow feels a bit dispersed and unfocused. However, despite this, it was a good light read all the same.
The only thing that really bothered me about this book was the daddy issues. I generally don't mind representation of bad family relationships, but this particular one didn't appeal to me very much personally.
Overall, I struggled with whether I should give it three stars or four stars. When I was reflecting on the book at different times, I had conflicted emotions about it, mostly due to recency bias, either positive or negative. But once I'd recovered from any recency bias, my overall impression of the book was pretty decent, despite some flaws, in my opinion.
Now to the book itself - it was so much fun! I thought Monty and Percy's relationship is really cute, and frustrating too at times because, oh well, the course of true love never did run smooth, did it? ;) Monty is definitely in the line of the long list of fictional boys that fell in love with, cute, funny and annoying to a hellish extent. I would have fallen completely head-over-heels for him if he treated women with a bit more respect (which, for the record, I am not blaming the author for accurately portraying the time period). Overall, The Gentleman's Guide was not one of those overly extravagant and pretentious books, despite its historical setting. The tone was very consistent throughout the book, which, weirdly, a lot of books aren't. (Personally, I don't mind profanity in books but if you do, you have been warned)
For me, the events of this book was more episodic than closely linked. Though individually-speaking, they were all pretty interesting, I don't really see a distinct connection between some of the events, making some parts of the book a little abrupt and out-of-the-blue, and the whole book somehow feels a bit dispersed and unfocused. However, despite this, it was a good light read all the same.
The only thing that really bothered me about this book was the daddy issues. I generally don't mind representation of bad family relationships, but this particular one didn't appeal to me very much personally.
Overall, I struggled with whether I should give it three stars or four stars. When I was reflecting on the book at different times, I had conflicted emotions about it, mostly due to recency bias, either positive or negative. But once I'd recovered from any recency bias, my overall impression of the book was pretty decent, despite some flaws, in my opinion.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes