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yoshin's review
adventurous
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
moshalala's review against another edition
dark
tense
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
2.5
blondierocket's review
3.0
A sordid romance story of a an orphaned girl, adopted by a weathly family, only to become betrothed to her “cousin”. While she doesn’t object to the marriage at first, being shy and quiet, Therese soon falls in love with an artist and together they devise a plan to kill her husband so they can be together.
An interesting story that moves quickly along and you could almost feel the characters driven to destruction and a fate of their own making and in the end actually feel satisfied at the outcome and the mutual agreement between them.
An interesting story that moves quickly along and you could almost feel the characters driven to destruction and a fate of their own making and in the end actually feel satisfied at the outcome and the mutual agreement between them.
memelorddafirst's review
dark
fast-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
4.5
jgo's review against another edition
challenging
dark
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
julpus's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
sbrot's review against another edition
dark
reflective
sad
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
4.0
deltus_smeltus's review
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
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
3.0
amoskane's review
4.0
So very much enjoyed Kate Winslet's reading of this novel. I don't really agree with the comparisons to Madame Bovary because every. single. character. in this book is a blithering idiot. That being said, I had to know what happened next and I never could have pronounced the street names and idiot names soooo sexytime as Kate does.
klacebo's review
dark
tense
medium-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
4.25