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4.01 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
HE AMADO ESTE LIBRO (Cero sorpresas aquí)
Nos narra la vida de una familia de clase alta inglesa, los tres hermanos varones y la hermana, sus respectivos hijos, sus relaciones, amoríos, miedos... todo aderezado con la amenaza de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, cada vez más presente y las consecuencias de la IGM, aún ensombreciendo la vida de los que la sufrieron.
Aunque las primeras 50 páginas resultan algo confusas por la cantidad de personajes que aparecen, rápidamente empiezas a comprender quién es hijo de quien (gracias también a ese acertado árbol genealógico xD) y la historia avanza sola a pesar de ser mucho más contemplativa y costumbrista de lo que había esperado.
Un detalle que me ha gustado mucho es cómo la autora se detiene en las vidas de personajes muy secundarios en la trama (la institutriz, el chófer, las criadas...), y con un par de pinceladas comprendemos el tipo de vida que llevaban y cuales eran sus sueños e ilusiones.
Este libro me recordó en muchas cosas a la saga de los Forsyte o al estilo literario de maravillosas autoras como Sybille Bedford o Virginia Woolf por cómo saltaba la trama de un personaje a otro y la capacidad que tiene Howard para adentrarte en los sentimientos de seres tan diversos, y conseguir que empatices con todos ellos, desde los ancianos a los niños. Bueno, menos con Edward. Con Edward es imposible empatizar JAMÁS.
Todos los amantes de la ironía inglesa, de las sagas familiares y de las historias de personajes deberían leer este libro. Me ha parecido una auténtica delicia en todos los sentidos, me he enamorado de muchos personajes (Hugh, Sybill, Polly, Clary, Rachel) y he odiado profundamente a otros (Edward, Edward, Edward), el caso es que me MUERO por continuar con la saga, estoy deseando ver a esos niños crecer y enfrentarme a lo que se les viene encima junto a toda la familia.
Habrá reseña en el canal!!!
Nos narra la vida de una familia de clase alta inglesa, los tres hermanos varones y la hermana, sus respectivos hijos, sus relaciones, amoríos, miedos... todo aderezado con la amenaza de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, cada vez más presente y las consecuencias de la IGM, aún ensombreciendo la vida de los que la sufrieron.
Aunque las primeras 50 páginas resultan algo confusas por la cantidad de personajes que aparecen, rápidamente empiezas a comprender quién es hijo de quien (gracias también a ese acertado árbol genealógico xD) y la historia avanza sola a pesar de ser mucho más contemplativa y costumbrista de lo que había esperado.
Un detalle que me ha gustado mucho es cómo la autora se detiene en las vidas de personajes muy secundarios en la trama (la institutriz, el chófer, las criadas...), y con un par de pinceladas comprendemos el tipo de vida que llevaban y cuales eran sus sueños e ilusiones.
Este libro me recordó en muchas cosas a la saga de los Forsyte o al estilo literario de maravillosas autoras como Sybille Bedford o Virginia Woolf por cómo saltaba la trama de un personaje a otro y la capacidad que tiene Howard para adentrarte en los sentimientos de seres tan diversos, y conseguir que empatices con todos ellos, desde los ancianos a los niños. Bueno, menos con Edward. Con Edward es imposible empatizar JAMÁS.
Todos los amantes de la ironía inglesa, de las sagas familiares y de las historias de personajes deberían leer este libro. Me ha parecido una auténtica delicia en todos los sentidos, me he enamorado de muchos personajes (Hugh, Sybill, Polly, Clary, Rachel) y he odiado profundamente a otros (Edward, Edward, Edward), el caso es que me MUERO por continuar con la saga, estoy deseando ver a esos niños crecer y enfrentarme a lo que se les viene encima junto a toda la familia.
Habrá reseña en el canal!!!
slow-paced
Enjoyed the story but slow in the middle.
emotional
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
Lettura divina. Un po' lenta, ma divina.
Non do cinque stelle perché mi aspetto il massimo del massimo dai prossimi romanzi della saga.
Le saghe familiari le adoro e questa è composta da cinque libri quindi ne sono molto soddisfatta e non vedo l'ora di proseguire. Il primo libro è sempre un po' di apertura, magari più noioso degli altri in quanto presenta la famiglia, i suoi componenti, le loro paure e passioni, ma è scritto molto bene e alza già sin dall'inizio l'asticella della qualità che ci si aspetta raggiungeranno poi pure i prossimi libri.
Stupendi i punti di vista dei bambini, molto credibili, cosa che di solito è difficile fare. Scrittura fluente e molto diretta.
Consigliatissimo.
Non do cinque stelle perché mi aspetto il massimo del massimo dai prossimi romanzi della saga.
Le saghe familiari le adoro e questa è composta da cinque libri quindi ne sono molto soddisfatta e non vedo l'ora di proseguire. Il primo libro è sempre un po' di apertura, magari più noioso degli altri in quanto presenta la famiglia, i suoi componenti, le loro paure e passioni, ma è scritto molto bene e alza già sin dall'inizio l'asticella della qualità che ci si aspetta raggiungeranno poi pure i prossimi libri.
Stupendi i punti di vista dei bambini, molto credibili, cosa che di solito è difficile fare. Scrittura fluente e molto diretta.
Consigliatissimo.
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:
No
First book of Howard’s beautifully observed Cazulet Chronicles
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
funny
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
"It was funny how with grown-ups you had to say the same things again and again. Perhaps that was why babies were born with such big heads: the head stayed the same and the person got larger, but it meant that there was the same amount of room in your brain to remember things, so the longer you lived, the more you forgot."
I've been dying to read this book for ages, and while it was a bit different from what I'd expected, I would still say that I adored it.
I would pitch this in the vein of Downton Abbey and [b:The Forsyte Saga|23464384|The Forsyte Saga, Complete Nine Novels|John Galsworthy|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1429644204l/23464384._SX50_.jpg|55071005], but with the humor and charm of something more like [b:Anne of Green Gables|34349673|Anne of Green Gables A BabyLit® Places Primer (BabyLit Primers)|Jennifer Adams|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1491975978l/34349673._SX50_.jpg|55425653], as a lot of the narrative really centers around the children, particularly the three eldest girls, Louise, Polly, and Clary, who are just beginning to come of age.
There's nothing I love more than a huge cast of characters and a big house in the English countryside, so this immediately checked several boxes for me. While I'm usually not big on books that switch perspectives frequently — and be warned, this one was doing it every few pages — I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know the inner thoughts, feelings, and desires of every single character, both the family and their servants. Howard does a very difficult thing, managing to make the voice of each heard and distinct, while also maintaining a steady tone and sense of action and place that, coupled with its lack of traditional chapters, encourages you as the reader to keep moving, as though flitting from room to room within Home Place. She very much follows the action on a day-to-day basis, allowing you the omniscient power of seeing the whole scene, while the character themselves only catch glimpses of what the others are really up to.
Despite its humor and seemingly idyllic setting, Howard's narrative still speaks quite frankly about a number of more serious topics that aren't always touched on in novels, especially 'women's' novels, which I guess you could argue this is, from this period both the one she writes about and the one she was writing from. Sex, abortion, lesbianism, abuse, periods, death, childbirth — none of it is off the table.
I can already tell that making my way through this saga is going to be a real treat, one I am thoroughly looking forward to. I would certainly recommend this to fellow Persephone readers, or really anyone who finds themselves drawn to sprawling family dramas or anything set in an equally sprawling home in the English countryside.
What can you say about the Cazalet Chronicle? An enthralling, warm, witty, and emotional account of the ups and downs of a prosperous British family over 20 years, beginning shortly before the outbreak of WWII.
Howard does such an amazing job in these books, revealing both the damaging and benign aspects of family dynamics, and how patterns of both can echo down through the generations. She renders the delicate intimacy of couples superbly, and excels in her delivery of utterly convincing and dimensional children.
What a fantastic journey it’s been, and I shall miss them all immensely.
Howard does such an amazing job in these books, revealing both the damaging and benign aspects of family dynamics, and how patterns of both can echo down through the generations. She renders the delicate intimacy of couples superbly, and excels in her delivery of utterly convincing and dimensional children.
What a fantastic journey it’s been, and I shall miss them all immensely.