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taylormorgantm's review against another edition
challenging
slow-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
1.0
rosekk's review against another edition
2.0
It was... perfectly readable. I was expecting, based on the description of the book, something like the Barsetshire novels, but this was nothing like that. The writing style was quite dry. I think the narrator was meant to seem dignified, constantly and wisely doing the best by his family (and God, being a Vicar). Probably, at the time of writing, he did seem like that, but now in the 21st century, it's hard to see him like that. Instead, he seems stern and self righteous. Certain aspects of the plot seemed odd and contrived, like the fire, which just happens for no explained reason, and has nothing to do with the rest of the plot, which is all related no matter how astonishing the coincidence tying it all together.
organicwario's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
tense
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? Yes
4.5
plumimi's review against another edition
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.5
diamondolc's review against another edition
3.0
Wait...what just happened?
This book has a bit of a trite plot and the characters are low-key annoying (maybe those two aspects are purposeful?), but there are a lot of good quotes in the narrative.
Some of the ending is just so ridiculous that it's hard to take it seriously. But maybe that was the point; it's hard to tell haha.
This book has a bit of a trite plot and the characters are low-key annoying (maybe those two aspects are purposeful?), but there are a lot of good quotes in the narrative.
Some of the ending is just so ridiculous that it's hard to take it seriously. But maybe that was the point; it's hard to tell haha.
rojaed's review against another edition
3.0
Interesting to listen to such a classic book. I listened on Librivox, so it was only an amateur reader. Very good bedtime listening
jocelynw's review against another edition
3.0
"It were to be wished then that power, instead a contriving new laws to punish vice, instead of drawing hard the cards of society till a convulsion come to burst them, instead of cutting away wretches as useless, before we have tried their utility, instead of converting correction into vengeance, it were to be wished that we tried the restrictive arts of government, and made law the protector, but not the tyrant of the people. We should then find that creatures, whose souls are held as dross, only wanted the hand of a refiner; we should then find that wretches, now stuck up for long tortures, lest luxury should feel a momentary pang, might, if properly treated, serve to sinew the state in times of danger; that, as their faces are like ours, their hearts are so too; that few minds are so base as that perseverance cannot amend; that a man may see his last crime without dying for it; and that very little blood will serve to cement our security."
Good thing we have all that worked out 250 years later.
Good thing we have all that worked out 250 years later.
meghan4's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
mysterious
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5