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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
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
reflective
slow-paced
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
RATING: 1.5
This one didn't do much for me. I kind of appreciate the colloquial style, interesting for the time period in which it was written, but I never cared much about the characters or the story; and technique can only go so far if those other things are lacking.
Occasionally witty, sporadically poetic - just nothing to "grab" the reader.
This one didn't do much for me. I kind of appreciate the colloquial style, interesting for the time period in which it was written, but I never cared much about the characters or the story; and technique can only go so far if those other things are lacking.
Occasionally witty, sporadically poetic - just nothing to "grab" the reader.
Pues nada, ya la última lectura obligatoria del año. He de decir que es un libro algo entretenido, aunque difícil de seguir. Los diferentes secretos y ver cómo se van revelando es lo que te mantiene leyendo, pero realmente cuesta sentarse a leer, se hace algo de bola en varias ocasiones. Lo único que creo que ha salvado el libro para mí y que me ha animado a seguir leyendo, ha sido cómo el autor poco a poco nos va contando cuál es la “historia más triste que jamás ha escuchado”, cómo poco a poco nos muestra como su vida se vio gravemente afectada por ser ocultado numerosos secretos. Y bueno, también me gustó que contara las historias de los otros personajes.
I found the writing difficult to follow.
emotional
reflective
sad
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
I read this nearly 20 years ago and liked it then, but I don't have the attention span now. Life is too hectic and draining at this stage of my life. DNFed this time, will try again in 20 years :)
A really exquisite novel, which is so psychologically profound, that it becomes impossible for the reader not to be completely carried away with it... I am astonished how some writers literally guide me through people and life. They have such a nuanced ability to discern every shade of a person's character, which is a gift that always amazes me. This is the true writer's talent - to know the people without ever having met them. To intellectually grasp the person's very nature and its infinite possible subtle manifestations.
The plot is by no means usual, even though it is about an eternal problem - the one of infidelity. Yet the good soldier himself is a really honorable man indeed... I find it strange that I myself can forgive a mistake of such magnitude. But I completely do. I think it is because Leonora simply does not understand the view of life that Edward has. I mean, it is extremely unusual for an adulterer to be highly moral in terms of his social duties and to be so sentimentally vulnerable at the same time... this is what makes the whole story so complicated. Leonora is also not to be blamed for everything, she has her absolutely rightful reasons. But, in the end, she is so sininster and bitter and so extremely talented at being such... I would not mention the other characters, because they are developed in an equally complicated way and I do not want to spoil the plot.
I am also very fond of the way F M Ford tackles the issue of religion and the influence it has on people. But that is a completely different topic of discussion...
The plot is by no means usual, even though it is about an eternal problem - the one of infidelity. Yet the good soldier himself is a really honorable man indeed... I find it strange that I myself can forgive a mistake of such magnitude. But I completely do. I think it is because Leonora simply does not understand the view of life that Edward has. I mean, it is extremely unusual for an adulterer to be highly moral in terms of his social duties and to be so sentimentally vulnerable at the same time... this is what makes the whole story so complicated. Leonora is also not to be blamed for everything, she has her absolutely rightful reasons. But, in the end, she is so sininster and bitter and so extremely talented at being such... I would not mention the other characters, because they are developed in an equally complicated way and I do not want to spoil the plot.
I am also very fond of the way F M Ford tackles the issue of religion and the influence it has on people. But that is a completely different topic of discussion...