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3.91 AVERAGE
3.91 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
dark
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
is this how dickens heads feel when they read dickens?? incomparable. did we even understand language before mervyn peake.
challenging
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
C’était une lecture lente et compliquée mais que j’ai tout de même beaucoup apprécié parce que l’histoire (apparemment ténue) se mêle à une langue descriptive et une ambiance dans ce château immense géniales !
C’est la même grande appréciation qu’à la lecture de Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel et la même satisfaction à savourer la plume et l’univers.
C’est la même grande appréciation qu’à la lecture de Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrel et la même satisfaction à savourer la plume et l’univers.
adventurous
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
challenging
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Peake is a master at crafting sentences: from the atmosphere to character interactions. However, there are times when his desire to write well goes to far and results in severely overwrought and rigid paragraphs.
Conceptually, this book appeals to me; and at some level I find several individual sequences impressive. That said, not only is the book glacially slow, it lacks any interesting characters (unlike Dickens, Tolstoy, Proust, etc.) and the little humour to be derived from their eccentricities is soon exhausted. Steerpike is indeed compelling- and I liked Fuschia and the countess- but nearly every other character grated on me as the pages went on. I genuinely believe that I would enjoy this more in a different frame of mind- perhaps reading a chapter a day- or as a television show watched slowly.
Conceptually, this book appeals to me; and at some level I find several individual sequences impressive. That said, not only is the book glacially slow, it lacks any interesting characters (unlike Dickens, Tolstoy, Proust, etc.) and the little humour to be derived from their eccentricities is soon exhausted. Steerpike is indeed compelling- and I liked Fuschia and the countess- but nearly every other character grated on me as the pages went on. I genuinely believe that I would enjoy this more in a different frame of mind- perhaps reading a chapter a day- or as a television show watched slowly.
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced