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Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

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solaireastora's review

5.0

I started this novel completely blind, knowing nothing about it or the author other than that it was greatly loved by a friend of mine.
I enjoyed it more and more as it progressed.

The memories of Charles Ryder and his interactions with the Flyte family, it is divided into three sections spaced ten years apart. Funny, playful, poignant, tragic, wise, with exquisite writing throughout; it seems to be the story of a man coming to know himself through the loves and losses he experiences with the Flytes.

I will be thinking about this book for a long time, and would like to revisit it in the future.

seagreen's review against another edition

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reflective slow-paced

2.25

There’s no way Jacob Elordi read the whole thing.

ohlookatthat's review against another edition

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challenging emotional 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? Yes

3.5

marga28's review

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emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

elizabethaf's review against another edition

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emotional 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

4.0

buildingtaste's review against another edition

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dark emotional 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? Yes

3.75

Very strangely paced, and feels like what Waugh says it is, a sort of personal yearning for the period from the perspective of someone in the time that came after. Best part by far was Anthony Blanche.