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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
emotional
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Books are just so wonderful; they provide an inner dialogue that you just can't match in movies. LOVE Thornton in this novel... so much better than in the mini-series... and I promise that's saying something.
This is also very much a story about the labour movement as much as it is about romance. Didn't focus so much on that while I was watching the mini-series.
This is also very much a story about the labour movement as much as it is about romance. Didn't focus so much on that while I was watching the mini-series.
I just don't have the patience to read classics (and weird English accents) anymore haha. Interesting story though. Very wordy in descriptions. We got it, Margaret was super hot. Meh, I would prefer watch its BBC's adaptation.
It’s no P and P but it was fine overall; enemies to lovers for the classics girlies
it's astounding how current the themes of this book still are.... the problem of a justice system more swayed by authority than evidence in the case of frederic mirrors racism in treatment of non-white people by the police today, the scene of margaret hiding on the women's toilet at the train station because she feels unsafe at night alone as a woman, the conflict of outsourcing labour to those who will work for lower wages... it's all still relevant commentary on society today, although it was published 170 years ago
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-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:
Complicated
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
So this is me tracking the re-read (or rather, re-listen—though I’m not sure how I consumed it the first time) of “North and South.” It’s an imperfect book, but utterly delightful, and very comparable to both “Pride and Prejudice” and “Jane Eyre” in terms of plot. The language is more workmanlike than Bronte’s lovely prose, and the dialogue less sparkling than Austen’s bright badinage, but “North and South” has a homely charm that deserves more recognition.