144 reviews for:

The Nun

Denis Diderot

3.64 AVERAGE

feck's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

talin's review against another edition

3.25

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

blueyorkie's review against another edition

4.0

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Suzanne, the narrator, is sixteen years old, has two sisters, and a lawyer father with "more fortune than necessary to establish them solidly".
The problem, her father is not her father, the two sisters will each have half of the fortune, and Suzanne will find herself in a convent to atone for her mother's sin.
Her parents' wish is not hers, and she will do everything to escape these convents, which will reserve cruel moments for her.
To write this book, Diderot started from a fact. "Work of public and general utility because it was the cruellest satire we had ever made of the cloisters."

pleasureoftheclouds's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

valerie_lostmylifetobooks's review against another edition

3.0

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3.5 étoiles, une histoire touchante

claranina's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

stef_hb's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional 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

ninjasunknown's review against another edition

3.25

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

roxyc's review against another edition

3.0

challenging reflective slow-paced

bookloveriffat's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous dark emotional informative mysterious reflective sad tense 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: Complicated