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3.4 AVERAGE
3.4 AVERAGE
The very root of my literary life, the model of my first (long lost) novel, the greatest, saddest, most feeling of novels
i was this close to add this to "made-my-heart-skip-a-beat". but it didn't make it.
i really liked the book, but i dragged it for way too long and i think [definitely] i lost interest hence not on the said shelf.
i loved the simple way the book was written. of course, the simplicity is apparent.
i loved/ hated the characters. it's complicated.
too many quotes have been selected out of this book. now this makes my heart skip a beat.
someone tell me why haven't i read this before?
i really liked the book, but i dragged it for way too long and i think [definitely] i lost interest hence not on the said shelf.
i loved the simple way the book was written. of course, the simplicity is apparent.
i loved/ hated the characters. it's complicated.
too many quotes have been selected out of this book. now this makes my heart skip a beat.
someone tell me why haven't i read this before?
'And then he hated her', 'and then she hated her', and then I hated this book.
Sons and Lovers is an interesting tale about the relationship between mother and son. Gertrude despises her brutish and uneducated husband, so she pours her soul into her children; in particular, her son Paul. Paul also feels a strong connection with his mother, and will do anything for her. This relationship becomes complicated when Paul starts seeing a girl his mother doesn't approve of. Gertrude is afraid that this girl, Miriam, will take Paul away from her. Paul also is attracted so a married woman, Clara. The novel shows the reader many complicated relationships, and explains that not one relationship is simple. I really enjoyed this book, and would definitely recommend it for people who like classics. D.H. Lawrence is a novelist who isn't afraid to represent raw emotions during a time that people didn't show any emotion. He is a brilliant writer, and now that I've read two of his books, I can't wait to read more.
oh GOD this dragged on... and on... and on...
"Why can't a man have a young mother? What is she old for?"
"Well", his mother laughed, "she can scarcely help it."
"And why wasn't I the oldest son? Look – they say the young ones have the advantage – but look, they had the young mother. You should have had me for the eldest son."
"I didn't arrange it", she remonstrated. "Come to consider, you're as much to blame as me."
He turned on her, white, his eyes furious.
"What're you old for!" he said, mad with his impotence. "Why can't you walk? Why can't you come with me to places?"
just... what. is. this. book.
"Why can't a man have a young mother? What is she old for?"
"Well", his mother laughed, "she can scarcely help it."
"And why wasn't I the oldest son? Look – they say the young ones have the advantage – but look, they had the young mother. You should have had me for the eldest son."
"I didn't arrange it", she remonstrated. "Come to consider, you're as much to blame as me."
He turned on her, white, his eyes furious.
"What're you old for!" he said, mad with his impotence. "Why can't you walk? Why can't you come with me to places?"
just... what. is. this. book.
I may come back and redo this review after I've digested it a little longer since I think three stars may not be enough. We'll see.
Lawrence's style and composition are top notch. His super realistic depiction of his characters gets down into the murky thoughts we'd prefer no one else knew for fear our very human array of emotion would drive all into madness. In saying that...I feel like his quest for that emotion he drive to far over the bridge. Paul's lack of commitment to one emotion just doesn't seem very realistic to me. I understand he may be confused but at some point enough is enough right?
Mrs Morel however was depicted phenomenally. Her semi-psychotic hold on her children and want to live just to hold on to the life she's lived vicariously through her children was hauntingly remarkable. The chapter "Release" where she's slowly fading, excruciatingly slowly, and her admonition that she has no use for the dead and she wants to carry on with the living was dead on with the portrait Lawrence painted from the start.
Like I said, I want to give this book a 4. However, Paul's character drives me insane and that weird non-love quadrangle between Paul, Clara, Miriam, and Mrs Morel was just too much. But I'll think on it longer and I may revise it to 4 later. Overall, an enjoyable read.
Lawrence's style and composition are top notch. His super realistic depiction of his characters gets down into the murky thoughts we'd prefer no one else knew for fear our very human array of emotion would drive all into madness. In saying that...I feel like his quest for that emotion he drive to far over the bridge. Paul's lack of commitment to one emotion just doesn't seem very realistic to me. I understand he may be confused but at some point enough is enough right?
Mrs Morel however was depicted phenomenally. Her semi-psychotic hold on her children and want to live just to hold on to the life she's lived vicariously through her children was hauntingly remarkable. The chapter "Release" where she's slowly fading, excruciatingly slowly, and her admonition that she has no use for the dead and she wants to carry on with the living was dead on with the portrait Lawrence painted from the start.
Like I said, I want to give this book a 4. However, Paul's character drives me insane and that weird non-love quadrangle between Paul, Clara, Miriam, and Mrs Morel was just too much. But I'll think on it longer and I may revise it to 4 later. Overall, an enjoyable read.
What a sad story. None of the characters were especially likeable but the story feels real. The family did what probably many did who lived in a situation and time the family did. The weird thing is that I can picture many of the people in the book who live around me in modern times. People don't really change regardless of the time they live in I guess. You have hopes and aspirations but you just keep living and doing what you can to get through.
I debated a 3 or 4 star rating. I leaned towards 3 most of the book, but bumped it up based on the fact that I actually looked forward to getting back to the book when I stopped reading.
I debated a 3 or 4 star rating. I leaned towards 3 most of the book, but bumped it up based on the fact that I actually looked forward to getting back to the book when I stopped reading.
I enjoyed this far more than _Lady Chatterly_. Having just lost a parent and gotten married in the last 6 months the struggles of Paul's character were interesting to me -- although, he is not a likable protagonist particularly.