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3.51 AVERAGE
3.51 AVERAGE
challenging
emotional
sad
medium-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
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
dark
emotional
tense
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:
Yes
Madame Bovary was SO boring. Most of the book just described the surroundings and when anything did happen, everything was so unemotional and detached that I didn't care about the characters or the events. I nearly fell asleep every time I tried to read it:((
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
People cry at the end of this book? Really? Never once did I get the sense that Emma is a sympathetic figure - Flaubert doesn't mock her per se, but he seems to want us to fear her, draw the reader into the same paranoia that consumes our central character throughout much of this narrative. In that sense, it takes the idea of the romance novel and perverts it, causing us to question our ideas of what it means to love, and whether devotion is as healthy as culture presents it as.
challenging
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a good, rather quick read for a classic. Overall, I enjoyed it.
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicide
I had put off reading this book for many years due to a friend's comments that it was "boring". While I certainly do not agree with that sentiment, upon reading I did have to laugh overall at Flaubert's epic disgust for women which is portrayed in this novel - similar to Maugham's in Of Human Bondage. Emma Bovary is one of the most dislikable heroins (poor Charles!) I have come across in my reading history, but I still found this book to be thoroughly enjoyable.
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Beautifully written but terribly tragic