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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
adventurous
challenging
fast-paced
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
reflective
tense
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
I really tried to enjoy this. I recently joined an online book club and this was March's book. I liked it while reading it but literally anything else seemed more fun than actually picking it up to resume reading it.
Paul is understandable for the first bot of the book. He feels immature but in an age-appropriate he'll-grow-out-of-it way but he never does. I know this novel is largely autobiographical and I'm pretty sure I'd hate D. H. Lawrence if he ever crossed my path or darkened my doorstep. I'm not sure I'd read anything by Lawrence again unless someone I really trusted recommended another if his works to me.
Paul is understandable for the first bot of the book. He feels immature but in an age-appropriate he'll-grow-out-of-it way but he never does. I know this novel is largely autobiographical and I'm pretty sure I'd hate D. H. Lawrence if he ever crossed my path or darkened my doorstep. I'm not sure I'd read anything by Lawrence again unless someone I really trusted recommended another if his works to me.
I liked this well enough. Lawrence's style is fairly repetitive.
Had a hard time with this. Maybe read it again someday with a book club to discuss.
I read this book because it was on the 1001 books you should read before you die. It was good but not great, but I am wondering if it is one of those books that will stick with you long after you die. In some ways, I thought the book was judgmental about the son and his mother and I thought that was a bit unfair and not really true to life.
I pulled up this book on Goodreads in 2024 because someone mentioned it and I remembered reading several of DH Lawrences' books. I can remember books I read 40 years ago and I have no recollection of reading this book at all. None. Not a sign of a good book.
I pulled up this book on Goodreads in 2024 because someone mentioned it and I remembered reading several of DH Lawrences' books. I can remember books I read 40 years ago and I have no recollection of reading this book at all. None. Not a sign of a good book.
my rating on what basis i am rating would defer a lot. so I'll just give it a 3 star (after finding an average).
I'm so glad I read Cold Comfort Farm before this book - good to realize that even if it is a "classic" the dialect can be unintelligible.
In this novel the author tells a story about the relationship between a mother and her children especially her sons. The time period is not disclosed within the work but seems to relate to the first decades of the 20th century. The landscape is beautifully described and becomes a major part of the work as his characters are very sensual. After reading this, I can only wonder at the relationship the author had with his own mother. As with his other novel I have read, there is a lesson to be learned from this work, or maybe some thoughts given to the relationships of men and women.