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3.28 AVERAGE
3.28 AVERAGE
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:
Complicated
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
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:
No
the prose was brilliant, the poetry good but the plot underwhelming. i wish more that the loose ends had not been tied all together in an end chapter but slowly woven into the plot. the first half was beautifully written and the edenic scenery did not disappoint - yet the entire second half i did not care for.
If you took a carnival creep show and mixed it with a classic Disney princess film you’d have The Mysteries of Udolpho. From my 21st century perspective, I found it odd, silly, occasionally scary, and only modestly satisfying. But I can imagine readers in 1794 turning the pages in the gloom of candlelight anxious to discover what would become of the star-crossed heroine and her chevalier, peering wide-eyed over their shoulders every time they heard a sound.
Regardless of my own lukewarm experience, I say hats off to Ann Radcliffe for this crazy creation. She was the mother of gothic literature and therefore I have much to thank her for – the Brontës and Poe most of all. Even Dostoyevsky was a fan.
Regardless of my own lukewarm experience, I say hats off to Ann Radcliffe for this crazy creation. She was the mother of gothic literature and therefore I have much to thank her for – the Brontës and Poe most of all. Even Dostoyevsky was a fan.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
slow-paced
This has been on my TBR for years. Finishing The Mysteries of Udolpho is an accomplishment. I first became fascinated with this book after reading Northanger Abby and The Italian. Of the three, The Italian is still the best.
dark
slow-paced
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
challenging
dark
mysterious
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
Oh god, I found this book to be torture. I realize it is not a book of our time, but 2/3 of it is descriptions of mountains, the heroine is insipidly virtuous and the outcome of the mysteries, irrelevant. I am proud of myself for finishing though, even if i did skim quite a but. Hated it!