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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
reflective
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I’m going to have to re read I think and maybe change my rating
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 had seen the movie, but had never read the novel. Reading it this weekend, I kept thinking that Spark's style is completely resistant to the spoiler alert. You meet a character when she's a 10-year-old student of Miss Brodie's, you're told that she'll be famous for being stupid as a teenager and then there's a paragraph about how she'll die in a fire at a young age. And worse than that, almost every time she comes up again, we'll hear about how stupid she was and how she, some years later, ran hither and thither in a burning hotel. The point of view is in the Spark making fun of the poor girl, or is she making fun of the other girls, who thought of her that way? Is this just another way of Spark condemning Miss Brodie? Is it her way of condemning herself, or her readers? It's amazing, brilliant and shockingly tough-minded.
dark
funny
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Spark's writing is unparalleled. She is funny, savagely satirical, sparse, poetic; never a word out of place. She manages to write a story about schoolgirls and their teacher that is a scathing critique of fascism and the cult of personality, a novella length story that is both full of postmodern textual experimentation and easy to read and love (while not really liking any of the characters - that's not what this is about. Miss Brodie has a real mystique to her, she is a defining character of 20th century literature, but if you like her you have missed the point pretty badly!) This book, Spark's writing, and Miss Brodie's presence stays with you.
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very fun. This was not at all the book I thought it was, but once I figured that out, I had a great time.
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Silly, sharp. A way with words that makes me laugh.
“Allow me, in conclusion, to congratulate you warmly upon your sexual intercourse, as well as your singing.”
“Allow me, in conclusion, to congratulate you warmly upon your sexual intercourse, as well as your singing.”