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3.47 AVERAGE
3.47 AVERAGE
I know things are not going well when I catch myself wishing the main character would hurry up and kill himself fairly early in my reading. Werther is a seminal text in the 'Woe is Me' School of over-educated under-employed workshy fops who go rustic, press pennies into the grubby hands of any peasant they see, fall in love with fifteen year-old girls already promised to another, weep all over the place and write melodramatic letters to their friend expounding on the unique condition of their pure unrequited love, and then mecifully shoot theirselves with their rival's pistol.
I could summon not a scrap of sympathy for this creepy wastrel and can only hope that Goethe wrote it for cash to fund his more serious works. I was about to give Flaubert's Madame Bovary a go this winter, but as I hear it takes inspiration from this dirge, I shall postpone.
I could summon not a scrap of sympathy for this creepy wastrel and can only hope that Goethe wrote it for cash to fund his more serious works. I was about to give Flaubert's Madame Bovary a go this winter, but as I hear it takes inspiration from this dirge, I shall postpone.
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
3 stars. Read for school, beautiful writing but not my vibe.
He would have KILLED on Twitter. @YungWerthers(original)
Slow and dense at first, though always beautiful. It all culminates in a beautiful sequence and in a way, leaves you momentarily breathless. Ingenious really.
Slow and dense at first, though always beautiful. It all culminates in a beautiful sequence and in a way, leaves you momentarily breathless. Ingenious really.
Ok, it’s kinda problematic that a lot of people have read this and gone “Werther is literally me”, but if you can look past that, this is actually a really good portrayal of an obsessive misanthrope.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Very beautiful and eloquent writing about the experience of a pure romantic. The lamentation gets a bit tedious towards the end by modern standards.
Content Warnings
Minor: Suicide
dark
emotional
sad
slow-paced
A tedious self absorbed drama queen looking more to be Charlotte than have Charlotte. The rest of his letters show a subconscious preference for wood over women. Should have got himself a lumberjack . . . . And a damn job. An actual job.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes