Reviews

Snobs by Julian Fellowes

savannah_louise11's review

3.0

Engrossing story... Though not a very clean book, some paragraphs I had to scan over.

squrrl_grrrl's review

4.0

Delightful romp

iamaya's review

1.0

A bit boring and certainly not up to what reviews announced. The ending was quite predictable and as such, very uninteresting.

suannelaqueur's review

4.25

Savage. Brutal. Fabulous.

briannamaryon's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

magsmcwelch's review

4.0

Really enjoyed and recommend

susiegorden's review

3.0

I liked it! Reading it won't change your world, but Julian Fellowes is a delight.

joweston's review

Passed the time as a short radio adaptation, but didn't tell me much.

bunburyist's review against another edition

3.0

I like Fellowes' writing enough in this novel, but I think I enjoy his talents more as a screen writer. In the end Snobs felt very much like a modern version of Anna Karenina (or Madame Bovary) set in England, contrasting the city and country, complete with the bored married woman having an affair with a man whom she lives with for a bit and then is disappointed when the same circles of society who initially accepted her do not acknowledge her new relationship. In the end she even gives birth to her lover's blond headed child.

It would be interesting to pursue the similarities further, but the endings are quite different. Where Tolstoy's femme fetale sees death as her only escape, Edith simply returns to her old life determined not to be bored this time. So, yeah, largely a modern Anna Karenina, but without all the nasty morphine and train bits.

sandin954's review against another edition

3.0

A light, quick comedic take on the British upper classes in the 1990s by the screenwriter of Gosford Park