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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
A wonderful, timeless story. I just disliked Emma herself. I definitely had sympathy for her and her situation, but she bugged me. She made her probelms so much worse, and in the end, I sort of felt she got what was coming to her.
I realize mine is a very mature take on this classic.
I realize mine is a very mature take on this classic.
Okay, I loved the writing, but she drove me NUTS! I had no pity for her. I know I should, because she was trapped and a fool, but she just bugged me. Of course, this makes her no less tragic. And though I was frustrated throughout the book, I was sad when it ended.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
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:
Yes
Mais le dénigrement de ceux que nous aimons toujours nous en détache quelque peu. Il ne faut pas toucher aux idoles : la dorure en reste aux mains.
Okay so I didn't love this. I actually probably liked it less than when I read it originally for school, years and years ago. I get the themes and what it's trying to say, but I don't care about the plot at all. But jeez, Flaubert could write. And now I'm in the era of my life where I can appreciate it! I'm so sad that I don't care about the goings-on and the adultery and the bad decisions and the financial ruin and whatever, because the language of this novel is so very lush and beautiful. I want to eat it. I mostly listened to the audiobook for this in English, and sometimes I'd follow along with my French copy, and it was literally so sublime. I spaced out because of boredom sometimes, but I honestly wouldn't mind reading this a third time, just for the language. And I have to give huge kudos to the translation too, which (imo) keeps all of the precision and beauty of the original.
(I haven't mentioned the plot but I assume I don't need to. It's about Emma Bovary fucking around and finding out. All of the morality stuff left me deeply unmoved, and I know we're supposed to give classics a ~pass~ for all the racism and antisemitism but it needs to be said: yikes!)
Listened to the audiobook as read by Juliet Stevenson; my favourite voice for classics. I might try L'éducation sentimentale next; I just want to experience more of Flaubert's writing.
Mais un infini de passions peut tenir dans une minute, comme une foule dans un petit espace.
I knew this book would likely be a bit of a struggle to get through, as many classics can be. It tends to be a bit harder to understand what is going on. However, it was made even more of a struggle by the fact that none of the characters were that likable. I often found myself rolling my eyes at their antics, which really weren't that believable.
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challenging
dark
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
i read this for school, in a rush, so i probably didn't get the most out of it. but the unravelling of emma's life, how it all links back to her position in society, how total her helplessness is at the end of a novel marked by her continual grasp for agency, it was all great.
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
I really didn't like this book. Emma was very anoying from the beginning and I think she was ungrateful for the life she had with Charles.
dark
emotional
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