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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
reflective
slow-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 feel like i’d rate this book more like 3.8 or 3.9 stars?? i enjoyed the beginning seeing mrs morel and her relationship with her husband and how this effected the children (especially the sons) and how they viewed their romantic relationships. there’s william who grows successful and meets a seeming gold-digger who does really forget him months after he dies but these two sons constantly come back to their mother when the women of their lives seem to lack something. especially seen with paul, they’re constantly looking for a sexual gratification element or some kind of “deeper” relationship yet always expecting the societal barriers in what’s acceptable to say. paul specially seems to lack any care for the effect he has on the women despite his flighty personality, and even his mother does question this slightly. overall, i did. enjoy seeing how paul’s actions was a consequence of seeing his mother be physically attacked one second by the husband and the next be the one controlling the household w a mollified husband -such as his desire to hate and throw pencils at miriam when he finds her doing something he likes.
one thing i’ve discovered about lawrence is that his books are read easily, even when this book was over 500 pages it didn’t really feel it at times, especially during the first half.
the end is almost open ended? you see paul choose to walk towards the city lights rather than the darkness (this whole symbolism of hidden desires and everything) but you don’t truly know how well he will do this because even throughout the book he’s had this careless attitude to death, more his artist appeal shown in how he reacts when dawes attacks him in that one scene.
i did. enjoy the book, especially for one over one hundred years old. but i did. read this because i have a module on him coming the start of university in october. i just find lawrence as being a good writer and tend to enjoy his works more.
one thing i’ve discovered about lawrence is that his books are read easily, even when this book was over 500 pages it didn’t really feel it at times, especially during the first half.
the end is almost open ended? you see paul choose to walk towards the city lights rather than the darkness (this whole symbolism of hidden desires and everything) but you don’t truly know how well he will do this because even throughout the book he’s had this careless attitude to death, more his artist appeal shown in how he reacts when dawes attacks him in that one scene.
i did. enjoy the book, especially for one over one hundred years old. but i did. read this because i have a module on him coming the start of university in october. i just find lawrence as being a good writer and tend to enjoy his works more.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Cancer, Terminal illness, Death of parent
Minor: Alcoholism
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-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
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
sad
slow-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
dark
emotional
mysterious
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
Read this for A level exams over forty years ago and was teacher forced to focus on the symbolism, the flowers, the orange moon, the hens, and the swing, yes of course the swing. How easy it was for the young mind to turn the swing episode into a porn fest. The symbolism was still important on this read, and still powerful, but my attention was on the characters and their depth and development. I mildly enjoyed reading it as I read, and I decided to give it three stars, but thinking about it over the last few days has raised the star count to four.
Why was the writing so tedious, repeatative and over descriptive ???
It made me want to to scream.
Also, Paul is the typical fuck boy character that I despise the most.
My rating -1.5stars
It made me want to to scream.
Also, Paul is the typical fuck boy character that I despise the most.
My rating -1.5stars
emotional
inspiring
sad
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
I was utterly enthralled by 'Sons and Lovers'. It hasn't been since reading 'The Corrections' last year that I have truly lost myself within the characters of a novel. Lawrence paints a hauntingly evocative portrait of life in pre-war Britain and through the autobiographical protagonist, Paul Morel, he demonstrates the difficulties that arise when trying to navigate this society. A narrative fuelled by sexual desire and tinged with Oedipal lust; a protagonist who becomes gradually absorbed by existential doubt; a beautiful evocation of a time and place that seems simultaneously familiar and entirely alien. What's not to love?
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Bit of a drag. Depressing with little to no emotional payoff.
I loved the first half of the book, particularly the gritty and emotionally charged family scenes between Mr & Ms Morel in their Nottinghamshire mining town home. Mr Morel's speech in dialect captivated me.
The middle portion of the book carries off the momentum of the first third. However, after the death of the elder son the book shifts towards focus on the middle son; his lukewarm romantic life and his relationship with his mother. It's poignant but also dreary. Perhaps poignant in its dreariness, but ultimately it made for an unenjoyable read in large parts. That's the only reason I don't give this book 5 stars, perhaps I ought to anyway but today I feel stingy.
The middle portion of the book carries off the momentum of the first third. However, after the death of the elder son the book shifts towards focus on the middle son; his lukewarm romantic life and his relationship with his mother. It's poignant but also dreary. Perhaps poignant in its dreariness, but ultimately it made for an unenjoyable read in large parts. That's the only reason I don't give this book 5 stars, perhaps I ought to anyway but today I feel stingy.