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3.18 AVERAGE
3.18 AVERAGE
probably my least-favorite thing i've ever read. i will never forget that fateful sunday when i had to force myself to read and annotate this entire thing for my AP Lit class.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I wish I'd liked this better. I read this because of the reference in a preface to Adolfo Bioy Casares' Invention of Morel that "Jorge Luis Borges declared The Invention of Morel a masterpiece of plotting, comparable to The Turn of The Screw and Journey to the Center of the Earth."
"She rose ... with an indescribable grand melancholy of indifference and detachment ... Dishonoured and tragic, she was all before me."
I'm currently in a bit of a reading slump, so I'm sure that dampened my enjoyment of this book somewhat.
I decided to read this novel because I started watching The Haunting of Bly Manor and I was curious to see what the source material was. However, I think I would have enjoyed it a lot more if I had read it with some sort of background on James and the novel itself. Picking it up out of the blue with absolutely zero background on the literature of the period was probably not the smartest move.
I was honestly bored for the majority of the novel and missed most of the themes and motifs that I read about once I finished it. I'm sure if I had done a bit of research first I would have appreciated it more, so I'm settling at three stars.
It’s obvious why this work has inspired so many more, but like most ghost stories is plagued by such a brief, pointless ending. Still, the lead up and the atmosphere up until the end were great.
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Lo stile di scrittura è decisamente troppo datato per i miei gusti, ha reso la lettura pesante e lenta, senza però nessun arricchimento sostanziale della storia.
La trama in sé era interessante (altrimenti non sarei mai riuscita a terminarlo) ma anche troppi elementi della storia hanno risentito notevolmente del passare del tempo, per questo alla fine non mi ha particolarmente entusiasmata. Forse avevo aspettative troppo alte visto che in genere gli horror/gotici dello stesso periodo mi piacciono molto.
La trama in sé era interessante (altrimenti non sarei mai riuscita a terminarlo) ma anche troppi elementi della storia hanno risentito notevolmente del passare del tempo, per questo alla fine non mi ha particolarmente entusiasmata. Forse avevo aspettative troppo alte visto che in genere gli horror/gotici dello stesso periodo mi piacciono molto.
So Many Words
A great gothic story. At times, it’s like trudging through mud reading it because it is so wordy, but it a engrossing.
A great gothic story. At times, it’s like trudging through mud reading it because it is so wordy, but it a engrossing.