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3.41 AVERAGE
3.41 AVERAGE
dark
reflective
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
dark
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Like a fever dream and I did not understand a single word
(I had to read this for uni and regret taking that class)
(I had to read this for uni and regret taking that class)
Depending upon one another's hearts, ye had still hoped that virtue were not all a dream. Now are ye undeceived. Evil is the nature of mankind.
(Woods at night - Desmond Raymond)
As my second foray into Hawthorne, this ambiguous morality tale struck me as equally ironic and even darker than [b:The Ambitious Guest|6993129|The Ambitious Guest|Nathaniel Hawthorne|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1365654447l/6993129._SY75_.jpg|17362403]. The gloomy darkness of the forest atmospherically mirrors the darkness of the human soul; a journey in quest of enlightenment and initiation leads only further away from the light and ends in despair and gloom. As evil is in the heart of man making a choice between good and evil is as futile as it is impossible - The fiend in his own shape is less hideous, than when he rages in the breast of man. One cannot live in happiness and veracity at the same time. Young Goodman Brown's eyes have been opened. The price to pay for knowledge is enduring, all-consuming bitterness, as he has lost his belief in the goodness of humanity - including his own - forever.
(Picture: Neil Ross)
This night has opened my eyes
And I will never sleep again.
*** ½
Thanks to the wonderful Short Story Club for making me read this story.
(Woods at night - Desmond Raymond)
As my second foray into Hawthorne, this ambiguous morality tale struck me as equally ironic and even darker than [b:The Ambitious Guest|6993129|The Ambitious Guest|Nathaniel Hawthorne|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1365654447l/6993129._SY75_.jpg|17362403]. The gloomy darkness of the forest atmospherically mirrors the darkness of the human soul; a journey in quest of enlightenment and initiation leads only further away from the light and ends in despair and gloom. As evil is in the heart of man making a choice between good and evil is as futile as it is impossible - The fiend in his own shape is less hideous, than when he rages in the breast of man. One cannot live in happiness and veracity at the same time. Young Goodman Brown's eyes have been opened. The price to pay for knowledge is enduring, all-consuming bitterness, as he has lost his belief in the goodness of humanity - including his own - forever.
(Picture: Neil Ross)
This night has opened my eyes
And I will never sleep again.
*** ½
Thanks to the wonderful Short Story Club for making me read this story.
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
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
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
A type of a fever dream that I would have
dark
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
dark
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
meh