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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
My review: https://theblankgarden.com/2017/07/04/if-you-know-about-yourself-presumably-you-know-about-at-least-one-other-person/
2020 is about reading the books i didn't have the guts to when i was 16 and then lying awake in agony for hours
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
For god's sake! Don't just stand there like st sebastian full of arrows! Full of your own bloody principles!
Mary Renault's "The Charioteer" has definitely become one of the most amazing books I have ever read. It treats a very sensitive topic in a really subtle way.
The book is also incredibly involving. I found the beginning a bit slow and the language of the 50s a bit complicated, but I'm really happy that it did not scare me off and I decided to continue reading. There was a point in the book when I suddenly started feeling that I almost participate in the events, that I wait together with the main character for the next things to happen in an excited expectation. I loved the way the author creates the passage of time, which almost corresponds the reality. There were parts where you would spend several hours reading about the events happening in almost the same number of hours, which created an even stronger feeling of involvement.
After finishing the book I have went through all the reviews and found that a lot of readers felt involved in the same way as me, staying up late, reading for short moments when waiting to cross the street, etc. What an tender, beautiful, gripping immersion.
Totally recommended to all open-minded readers!
The book is also incredibly involving. I found the beginning a bit slow and the language of the 50s a bit complicated, but I'm really happy that it did not scare me off and I decided to continue reading. There was a point in the book when I suddenly started feeling that I almost participate in the events, that I wait together with the main character for the next things to happen in an excited expectation. I loved the way the author creates the passage of time, which almost corresponds the reality. There were parts where you would spend several hours reading about the events happening in almost the same number of hours, which created an even stronger feeling of involvement.
After finishing the book I have went through all the reviews and found that a lot of readers felt involved in the same way as me, staying up late, reading for short moments when waiting to cross the street, etc. What an tender, beautiful, gripping immersion.
Totally recommended to all open-minded readers!
Yeah you can't read a digital version of this book, it's too dense
this is probably one of the rare instances where I wish a book had a 100-200 more pages so it wouldn't have ended quite as soon. I will definitely be purchasing a hard copy soon, so I can highlight my favorite passages and keep revisiting the text, and possibly pass it on to a someone special like Ralph Lanyon passes on his copy of Phaedrus. Though a lot of the references around queerness are dated, the ruminations on the thin line between belonging to a group and being boxed in by an identity are as relevant as ever. I wish I could go back and read the book again for the first time. Oof, really cannot recommend enough!!
Due 10/17/12
I'm just not in the mood for this book right now.
I'm just not in the mood for this book right now.
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
I need to build Mary Renault a worship shrine. And maybe one for Ralph Lanyon as well.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
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:
Complicated