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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Read too quickly for a book club. If I read again (which I hope I do) I would like to read it as slowly as it was published and in installments.
This book was just amazing. Eliot was such a keen observer of human nature. She creates complex, nuanced characters with all the depth and contradictions that exist in humanity. She doesn't gloss over the wrong that her characters do, and yet even with her less likable characters you gain insight into their rationalizations, and self-justifications, and even feel yourself feeling a little sorry for them. Anyone desiring to develop greater empathy would do well to give Middlemarch a slow, close read, though be prepared for it to take a while, because it is quite long. I will think on this book for a long time to come.
funny
lighthearted
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
I’m so glad I finally read this book. My dear professor in my undergrad years taught this novel as her favorite in a course called “The Victorians” — (10 novels in 10 weeks). I didn’t have the fortitude or bravery for it. Too bad for me.
This book is an historical novel — written 50ish years after when it takes place. It is essentially, an “Austen-esque” novel with the addition of more modern thought and style of writing. It is satirical social commentary— where the narrator will pop in and comment on the times.
Very enjoyable!
This book is an historical novel — written 50ish years after when it takes place. It is essentially, an “Austen-esque” novel with the addition of more modern thought and style of writing. It is satirical social commentary— where the narrator will pop in and comment on the times.
Very enjoyable!
emotional
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
emotional
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
"Middlemarch" di George Eliot è uno dei miei romanzi preferiti, e sento davvero di doverlo consigliare a chiunque ami le storie che scavano nel profondo dell'animo umano. È un libro che, purtroppo, non si lascia leggere in un soffio: l'inizio è un po' ostico, con una narrazione lenta e una miriade di personaggi da seguire. Ma vi assicuro che ne vale la pena.
Mary Evans (George Eliot) applies words to a page as Rembrandt puts paint to canvas. Only, I don't think I could enjoy that artist's work so well for 31 hours, as I did Middlemarch. Look hard enough at the character portraits, and you may see elements of yourself.
Although the book obviously had things to recommend it, I didn’t want to spend 800 pages with such a group of disagreeable characters, with whom Elliot actively undermines identification. And her sentences are convoluted and often hard to follow. The things I appreciated that kept me going for 140 pages: occasional laugh-out-loud humor and insight into human character. But for me it wasn’t enough to sustain the effort.
slow-paced
Its hard to get into at the beginning because Eliot rants about a lot of things that seem irrelevant at times, but once the story starts picking up and you get to know that characters you become interested. This story have two plots, political/social criticism side and the love triangles and everyday life of the people inhabiting this flawed society, i didnt enjoy the political as much because it was confusing at times but Eliot did not paint a pretty picture of this society.