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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
Tragic, moving and incredible! I couldn’t put this one down. I wanted to read this because a YouTuber that I follow said this is one of their worst books ever read and it made me very curious as to why but I absolutely loved it.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-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
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I don't think Id have liked this nearly as much had I read it instead of listening to bbc Radio adaption.
As always BBC gives the characters great life.
The characters progress in a believable way, tho most often not in a likable way. I disliked most of the characters but they felt like "people ", they felt real. So the author did a great job writing them. Also shows the difficulties of how women are seen in past society. Constantly put down when trying to learn and seen as less intelligent. I wish that would've been explored more with Maggie being able to show them up for it but alas this isn't a hopeful novel where the characters over come their challenges, no, this is a tragedy.
As always BBC gives the characters great life.
The characters progress in a believable way, tho most often not in a likable way. I disliked most of the characters but they felt like "people ", they felt real. So the author did a great job writing them. Also shows the difficulties of how women are seen in past society. Constantly put down when trying to learn and seen as less intelligent. I wish that would've been explored more with Maggie being able to show them up for it but alas this isn't a hopeful novel where the characters over come their challenges, no, this is a tragedy.
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Eliot’s realism at its absolute best
I’ve put off reviewing this book for months because I had no idea what to think of it.
This book starts off incredibly slow. Like, painfully slow. But it doesn’t take too long to realize that everything happening in the beginning of the book sets the groundwork for what’s to come. There was a lot of blatant foreshadowing, but even that couldn’t prepare me for the ending.
I distinctly remember shutting my book with my mouth agape and not being able to stop shaking my head for a good few hours after finishing this one. Months later, I’m still speechless.
I love this book. I love how it details the mundanity and the melodrama of childhood. I love how it depicted growing up, and family dynamics and tensions, and romance, and grief, and everything. The ending knocked the air out of me.
It’s months later and I still shake my head every time I think of this book because… wow. What a wonderfully written story.
This book starts off incredibly slow. Like, painfully slow. But it doesn’t take too long to realize that everything happening in the beginning of the book sets the groundwork for what’s to come. There was a lot of blatant foreshadowing, but even that couldn’t prepare me for the ending.
I distinctly remember shutting my book with my mouth agape and not being able to stop shaking my head for a good few hours after finishing this one. Months later, I’m still speechless.
I love this book. I love how it details the mundanity and the melodrama of childhood. I love how it depicted growing up, and family dynamics and tensions, and romance, and grief, and everything. The ending knocked the air out of me.
It’s months later and I still shake my head every time I think of this book because… wow. What a wonderfully written story.
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The Saga of Maggie and Tom Tulliver... from childhood through adulthood. This is truly and epic novel... there is so much to unpack here and days after finishing it, I am still processing this magnificent story.
I laughed, I cried, and I cried some more. And the ending... wow. I did not see that coming at all. The writing and the language are just spectacular. It is brilliantly crafted and it is perhaps the gold standard for Victorian Age writing. If you have not read this, why not. Really. Get it and listen. (the audio version read by Wanda McCaddon is a stellar choice!)
I laughed, I cried, and I cried some more. And the ending... wow. I did not see that coming at all. The writing and the language are just spectacular. It is brilliantly crafted and it is perhaps the gold standard for Victorian Age writing. If you have not read this, why not. Really. Get it and listen. (the audio version read by Wanda McCaddon is a stellar choice!)
medium-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