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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Ah just too much historical content and I got bored.
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
slow-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
It’s hard to hold my interest for 800 pages when the stakes are so incredibly low. The last 100 pages are lovely (coincidentally when the characters’ personal stakes are briefly heightened), and the writing is incredible throughout. The plot is just a slog. Were I to revisit in the future, I think I would break things up to evoke the original serial publication. I found myself yearning for a break from these characters, or, if I weren’t to get a break, at least that something truly life or death would happen to them.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
emotional
reflective
challenging
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
challenging
funny
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:
Yes
“But the effect of her being on those around her was incalculably diffusive: for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs."
I don’t think I was in the right headspace for the majority of the time I spent with this tome. There were moments that really struck me—like the quote above or George Eliot’s sense of humor and sarcasm—but there were also long swathes of text that I found quite tedious.
Overall I think I’ve enjoyed reading about George Eliot more than I’ve enjoyed reading George Eliot. We’ll see if that changes in the future.
I don’t think I was in the right headspace for the majority of the time I spent with this tome. There were moments that really struck me—like the quote above or George Eliot’s sense of humor and sarcasm—but there were also long swathes of text that I found quite tedious.
Overall I think I’ve enjoyed reading about George Eliot more than I’ve enjoyed reading George Eliot. We’ll see if that changes in the future.
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Hard to get into in the beginning as the book switches abruptly to introduce new characters. once everyone is known the story starts to roll