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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
probably the most feminist of all the brontë books. anne is definitely the least romantic of the brontë sisters. she has a gritty realist approach to her writing. she is a lot more realist thus in turn far more critical of men which are usually rugged and dashing. this does mean the book lacks in gothic atmosphere; with a couple of exceptions. i liked the early parts of the book which are set in a rural town and you get this pastoral setting which is very nice. anne does have some romantic tendencies and sometimes she even indulges in them. but she is not as brooding and foreboding as her sisters. nonetheless her characters are still very compelling and interesting. helen is an amazing character. her relationship with her husband is extraordinary. meticulous and slow, it took her a long time to realize the horrible man her husband is. this was amazing writing. there is some moralizing at the end of the book which does hamper the story. all in all, great novel.
Had it been shorter, it would have been much easier to forgive its faults, though I'm reluctant to call them out as such since most of what irked me could be attributed to the time period it was written in.
challenging
dark
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
emotional
tense
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
adventurous
emotional
tense
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
Recently I was thinking about how I'd never read a book by Anne Bronte and feeling guilty about it, like she would feel bad because her sisters are more famous than her. So I decided to check one out. I chose this one since it was so scandalous when it was released. Dang, I'm glad times have changed. There was nothing scandalous in the book to my modern sensibilities. The one complaint I had about it was the relationship between Helen and Gilbert. They go from disliking each other to love in just a few pages with almost nothing in the book that details why. So I couldn't really root for their relationship. Still, I enjoyed it overall, and I may eventually read her other book, too.
kind of a banger! did it need to be nearly 600 pages long? i think not. was every single man in this the worst man in the whole world? yes. justice for anne brontë i’m sorry for the world you lived in.
dark
emotional
sad
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:
Complicated