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The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni

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impla77's review

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challenging tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

Enjoyed this book on the whole, especially the prose (great translation!). Powerful story, detailing famine and plague, good characters (except Lucia, who of course is boring as sin), just drags a bit in places (it is 720 pages after all)

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michelareadsbooks's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative reflective 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? No

4.0


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