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3.58 AVERAGE
3.58 AVERAGE
funny
reflective
slow-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
Maybe I didn't pay enough attention, but all I can remember is small parts here and there that were funny and interesting. I thought this was supposed to be about a henpecked husband who rises above all that, but Babbitt seemed pretty well together and not as pathetic as I expected him to be.
An interesting read, nothing special or amazing.
An interesting read, nothing special or amazing.
Too slow a start, though I got a very long way in. Apparently the main character changes his very modern urbanite selfish ways shortly after I gave up & becomes real hero ...
A good tale of the consequences associated with trying to step outside one's established social profile and one man's tendency to see everything as a potential catastrophe.
funny
hopeful
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
This book was written in the 1920’s but reads like it was written last year. I have to say that what I liked most is that even though it is a pretty searing satire of modern society, it end with hope.
funny
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Babbit was such an interesting read. He is a hypocritical, ignorant, unthinking man at first. He is just so funny to read about how he lives his life. However, he decides to rebel, gets a mistress, and joins her group of friends. They don't conform to the social norms of the time. When he starts thinking in a non-conformative way and becomes more liberal, he is shunned. He realizes how it isn't worth it and eventually gives back into conformity to save his family. The novel shows how powerful conformity can be to self-expression. Even though it has an important message, it isn't boring one bit and is such a fun read to see his life and affairs.
it was kinda a slow read at first but it really picks up at the end which made it worth reading though i thought it was sometimes repetitive in it's constant contradicions.
funny
reflective
slow-paced
dark
funny
fast-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
I loved this book! The characters are awful, but the book makes fun of them a lot of the times. They do terrible things. Babbitt does, in the end, show some glimmer of development, so there is a little hope