3.67k reviews for:

Middlemarch

George Eliot

4.06 AVERAGE

informative reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
challenging dark emotional funny reflective slow-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

A masterpiece! I think she is the female version of Dickens, Tolstoy or Dostoyevsky. Her writing is exquisite, her insights on human nature are on point.
Definitely a new favourite, that I’ll be happy to read again.

Also, I highly recommend the audiobook read by Juliet Stevenson. She’s a great narrator and amazingly good at giving each character a different voice and personality (and there is quite a number here!)
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DID NOT FINISH: 20%

So slow, so boring, I didn’t care for the characters or their (in my opinion) small problems
challenging reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Always magical
challenging emotional funny reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
challenging reflective slow-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
inspiring 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