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3.67 AVERAGE
3.67 AVERAGE
dark
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Just so well-written. I had no idea Daphe du Maurier could be so funny (not just dark). She certainly can paint a scene, depict a character type. I totally enjoyed this novel and it has inspired me to read more du Maurier.
dark
reflective
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
No rating because I didn't like the characters or their stories BUT they are EXACTLY what the title says "Parasites" it's a well crafted book with well crafted and believable characters. I just didn't like reading about the lives of social parasites.
It's one of the rare occasions, where a book doesn’t deserve a bad rating since my lack of enjoyment wasn’t the authors fault.
It's one of the rare occasions, where a book doesn’t deserve a bad rating since my lack of enjoyment wasn’t the authors fault.
Kind of in the vein of the Waves by Virginia Woolf, it is a feverish, stilted book, hurtling towards conclusions that if you blink, you will miss.
I enjoyed it as I really love DdM's writing however (1) there is basically no plot, it's just about this spoilt and unlikeable set of people and (2) what is with Niall and Maria's relationship?!
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Tres hermanos reflexionando sobre su vida durante 380 páginas. No hay trama más allá de eso, pero no importa porque Daphne du Maurier es tremenda autora y hace que hasta los momentos más banales sean interesantes. El final es medio anticlimatico, pero fuera de eso me pareció una lectura sólida.
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
sad
slow-paced
I can’t pin down my feelings about duMaurier. I like her books and I don’t like them. I find them both compelling and boring, pointless and meaningful.
Best as I can tell, if you like duMaurier, you’ll like this book. If you don’t, you won’t.
Best as I can tell, if you like duMaurier, you’ll like this book. If you don’t, you won’t.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Death of parent
Moderate: Alcoholism, Infertility, Infidelity, Pedophilia
Minor: Racial slurs, Sexism, Grief, War