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3.72 AVERAGE
3.72 AVERAGE
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Hey. WTF MARY ANN.
How dare you!!!! I was so invested in this book for 3 days and all I wanted was happiness for Maggie and Philip and you tore my heart out!! How am I ever supposed to be happy again?!??!?
That being said, I know bitches in the 1860s had to be falling out cause I had to take breaks myself because of all of the emotions I was feeling.
An absolute gem of a classic that I’m gonna have to take some time to recover from.
How dare you!!!! I was so invested in this book for 3 days and all I wanted was happiness for Maggie and Philip and you tore my heart out!! How am I ever supposed to be happy again?!??!?
That being said, I know bitches in the 1860s had to be falling out cause I had to take breaks myself because of all of the emotions I was feeling.
An absolute gem of a classic that I’m gonna have to take some time to recover from.
reflective
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
Not going to lie, this book starts off boring. But then it smacks you in the face with awesomeness. It has definitely expanded my reading palette; I appreciate the details much more. I recommend this book to people regularly.
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was grateful for the humor, it made it somewhat easier but this book just didn't wanna end, it could have been much shorter. Most of the time i was half asleep while reading, it felt like nothing happened at all and no real drama!
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Fantastic! I love Maggie Tulliver and her intelligence and strong attachments. Her immediate and extended families were very well-drawn; these feel like people I have known all my life. While the overall tone of the story is serious, many characters add wonderful levity with their observations and personalities (such as happy-go-lucky Bob Jachin, the disapproving Aunt Glegg, Uncle Pullet and his peppermints). Maggie's complex relationship with her brother was very realistic. While the ending felt a bit strange (and sudden!), this book is still excellent.
P.S. The audio version was fantastic!
P.P.S. The Masterpiece film version was lousy!
P.S. The audio version was fantastic!
P.P.S. The Masterpiece film version was lousy!
Premetto che questo libro mi è piaciuto molto. Leggere la descrizione della campagna inglese, della vita rurale, dell’esistenza quotidiana della piccola borghesia di paese , tutti dipinti con grande maestria, riporta ad un’atmosfera di altri tempi che affascina e ristora allo stesso tempo. Ma sotto la apparente serenità di un mondo che non esiste più emerge potente il sentore della sua ipocrisia , delle sue regole bigotte e della sua profonda ingiustizia. Ingiustizia nei confronti di quelle categorie di persone che niente tutela e difende. In questo caso in particolare l’attenzione si posa sui soprusi compiuti e socialmente accettati nei confronti della figura femminile. La donna bambina, adolescente, adulta. Sempre impossibilitata a decidere di se stessa ,della sua vita e del suo destino. In tutto il romanzo questo senso di costrizione, di frustrazione e di desiderio inappagato di ribellione e rivalsa scorre sotto ogni parola scritta, sotto ogni avvenimento narrato. E non esiste speranza di un lieto fine per chi tenta di ribellarsi a questa situazione. La stessa protagonista, come soluzione al proprio continuo doloroso disagio e desiderio di indipendenza e libertà, non riesce a trovare altro che la rinuncia ad ogni ambizione, ad ogni speranza di realizzare la propria felicità e decide di condurre una vita umile, priva di ogni desiderio di realizzazione personale ed improntata alla totale obbedienza. Questo è l’unico modo per tenere a bada e possibilmente spegnere ogni spinta interiore alla affermazione di sé che non coincida con quella prevista dalla società. La punizione per chi non riesce più a sopportare questa “schiavitù”? La condanna alla pubblica disapprovazione e all’isolamento sociale.
Concludo con una riflessione amara: più di un secolo dopo la sua pubblicazione, mentre leggo questa storia , non riesco a non pensare che le cose non sembrano veramente cambiate.
Concludo con una riflessione amara: più di un secolo dopo la sua pubblicazione, mentre leggo questa storia , non riesco a non pensare che le cose non sembrano veramente cambiate.
Bought a copy of this edition at The Book Barn this spring, 1929 Everyman's Library.
Signed by "Eleanor M. Murphy, October 1930."
Signed by "Eleanor M. Murphy, October 1930."
Five thousand stars.
I don't really know what to say. To me, old novels sometimes feel too emotionally remote, usually the fault of the conservative style imposed on them, but this was one of the most emotionally vibrant things I've ever read. Maggie was such a vivid character that every page she's on feels true. And yet, it's such a novel, with themes so richly built. Because of Shannon's numerous discussions of it for many years, I knew most of the ending before starting, but that only made it even richer. The symbolism is effortless and perfect and needed. (And is it really possible people don't like the ending?)
It was a really visceral read: lots of face-clasping and jaw-dropping. Maggie says some of the truest things I've ever seen in fiction, and it's wonderful. Eliot's omniscience says the rest of them. I was stunned how sharp the commentary was, painful and real. She seems to have known everything. So I felt kind of silly for a while; why didn't I listen to Shannon and read it when this happened to her? But really, it doesn't matter, because reading this felt like it was written especially for me to read in my life right now. Which is how your favorite books always make you feel, right? (It's official. I changed my GoodReads relationship status to "Favorite books: The Mill on the Floss.")
Not every page thrilled me to pieces. The aunts remained annoying throughout; I guess I didn't find them as great a foil as they're supposed to be. My interest slackened a little during some of Tom's sections. But I think it is really obvious to point out: Basically my criticism is, "Maggie Tulliver is so outstanding that I longed for her in every chapter that wasn't all about her." Which, really, is not a criticism at all. It's not like it's shortsighted to write a protagonist so good a reader can't stand to be away from her. (I especially think we should have gotten to see as much of Maggie in school as we did Tom. But still: not seriously concerned.)
Though I purchased a copy as I neared the end so I could always have it, I read it all via DailyLit in 242 parts over two months. One of the things I like most about reading through DailyLit emails is that though most pages can be deleted after they're read, emails with passages I really like I save instead. Just in case. (I think this is the same kind of thing that makes people underline or dog-ear pages in real books, but I've never been able to do that.) So in my email right now I have 5 saved pages of Night and Day, 1 page of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, and 110 pages of The Mill on the Floss. For a little perspective.
It is needed.
I don't really know what to say. To me, old novels sometimes feel too emotionally remote, usually the fault of the conservative style imposed on them, but this was one of the most emotionally vibrant things I've ever read. Maggie was such a vivid character that every page she's on feels true. And yet, it's such a novel, with themes so richly built. Because of Shannon's numerous discussions of it for many years, I knew most of the ending before starting, but that only made it even richer. The symbolism is effortless and perfect and needed. (And is it really possible people don't like the ending?)
It was a really visceral read: lots of face-clasping and jaw-dropping. Maggie says some of the truest things I've ever seen in fiction, and it's wonderful. Eliot's omniscience says the rest of them. I was stunned how sharp the commentary was, painful and real. She seems to have known everything. So I felt kind of silly for a while; why didn't I listen to Shannon and read it when this happened to her? But really, it doesn't matter, because reading this felt like it was written especially for me to read in my life right now. Which is how your favorite books always make you feel, right? (It's official. I changed my GoodReads relationship status to "Favorite books: The Mill on the Floss.")
Not every page thrilled me to pieces. The aunts remained annoying throughout; I guess I didn't find them as great a foil as they're supposed to be. My interest slackened a little during some of Tom's sections. But I think it is really obvious to point out: Basically my criticism is, "Maggie Tulliver is so outstanding that I longed for her in every chapter that wasn't all about her." Which, really, is not a criticism at all. It's not like it's shortsighted to write a protagonist so good a reader can't stand to be away from her. (I especially think we should have gotten to see as much of Maggie in school as we did Tom. But still: not seriously concerned.)
Though I purchased a copy as I neared the end so I could always have it, I read it all via DailyLit in 242 parts over two months. One of the things I like most about reading through DailyLit emails is that though most pages can be deleted after they're read, emails with passages I really like I save instead. Just in case. (I think this is the same kind of thing that makes people underline or dog-ear pages in real books, but I've never been able to do that.) So in my email right now I have 5 saved pages of Night and Day, 1 page of Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom, and 110 pages of The Mill on the Floss. For a little perspective.
It is needed.
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
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