254 reviews for:

Manon Lescaut

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3.13 AVERAGE

emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book left me with mixed feelings. It would be so easy to loathe Manon, but still it's not possible. She is just a character that cannot control herself or the effects she has on the other people, even if this behaviour hurts the man she loves. On the other side her lover is the one that gave her all her power on him. Sometimes you just cannot help yourself, and that's absolutely true.
sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No

bdh meets pick me boy

Non plus sérieusement, ce livre est un problème parce qu'on peut lui faire dire tout et son contraire.

Les personnages sont humains et donc le jugement moral à leur égard est beaucoup plus complexe que dans une simple caricature (sauf GM père toi bouffe tes morts) et bah ça fait un gros banger tout ça

Franchement vu la réputation de Des Grieux je m'attendais à pire mais en vrai la forme s'auto-justifie diégétiquement donc ça va (par contre le fond bon... on laisse Dieu en juger écoutez)

bref, gros banger (love u Tiberge et M de T)
funny reflective sad medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Relecture pour les cours, toujours aussi plaisant dans la finesse psychologique.
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Book 1 of my Coursera course through Brown - part of "The Fiction of Relationship"

A page turner, banned when written- quite steamy for a novel written in 1731.