431 reviews for:

The Good Soldier: A Tale of Passion

Ford Madox Ford

3.47 AVERAGE

jenmcmaynes's review against another edition

3.0

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Quick reread for book club. I remembered almost nothing of the story and found it surprising how ‘soapy’ it felt to me. In one sense, I enjoyed it because it was easy, ‘dishy’ retelling of the marriages of the Dowells and Ashburnhams and specifically their affairs. On the other hand, the attitude towards women was consistently horrible; again and again, Edward’s and John’s troubles are blamed on the women in their life, even when they are clearly culpable too. It got old. And the characterization of poor Nancy was everything I hate about white male writers: beautiful, naive, virginial, and mad. Booooo. My opinion of the book actually went down due to this reread.

tinkik's review against another edition

3.5

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

whoahknelly's review against another edition

3.0

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Interesting to read something written in the early 1900s. A story about couples, but not quite in the league of Stegner's Crossing to Safety.

kinbote4zembla's review against another edition

1.5

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

panyasan's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kajsaisbest's review against another edition

3.75

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emmajanereads's review against another edition

4.0

dark reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

vicky743's review against another edition

5.0

reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

anya_h72's review against another edition

3.75

dark mysterious

rmclain1989's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective slow-paced