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trasgu's review against another edition
inspiring
reflective
medium-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
3.5
we_are_all_mad_here26's review against another edition
4.0
This was so disturbing and maddening - but, in a good way?
No, I don't think I can say 'in a good way' about any of this book. Much of the reading was painful.
Being stranded in a rest house in the middle of the desert (fully provisioned and staffed with at least a few) may not sound so painful, but Joan was stranded without anything to read beyond the first day. That circumstance alone chilled me to the core.
Her self-reflection - even though I am not her, and I believe I am nothing like her - was intensely painful, for several reasons. One being her absolute obtuseness, another being her endless judgments, and still another being - good God, is she ever going to see things for what they are??
An then, of course, there is the question - but - am I, in certain ways, just like her?
Not a fun book to read. But really, a very good one.
No, I don't think I can say 'in a good way' about any of this book. Much of the reading was painful.
Being stranded in a rest house in the middle of the desert (fully provisioned and staffed with at least a few) may not sound so painful, but Joan was stranded without anything to read beyond the first day. That circumstance alone chilled me to the core.
Her self-reflection - even though I am not her, and I believe I am nothing like her - was intensely painful, for several reasons. One being her absolute obtuseness, another being her endless judgments, and still another being - good God, is she ever going to see things for what they are??
An then, of course, there is the question - but - am I, in certain ways, just like her?
Not a fun book to read. But really, a very good one.
sofipinho's review against another edition
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
gabbia0427's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
4.5
怎能把把婚姻寫得如此神秘驚悚⋯⋯神作⋯！阿嘉莎太會寫可恨之人的獨白⋯⋯結尾有夠鋒利，尾韻十足。
是說小時候沒感覺，長大後才發現阿嘉莎好多書都在叫人不要結婚
是說小時候沒感覺，長大後才發現阿嘉莎好多書都在叫人不要結婚
joczerw's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
reflective
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
5.0
teegs's review against another edition
4.0
Be ready to get really introspective with this book. It was so intensely emotional and the ending just about broke me.
hashtag_alison's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoyed this book, maybe because I read it at a time in my life when it wasn’t too fun inside my own head. And now, with a little distance, it’s interesting to be able to identify people like this in my own life - people that are so loud because they’re terrified of what the silence will unveil in their own head. That is to say, despite the details being things I cannot at all connect with, the book has an emotional truth to it that I have both experienced and seen time after time in others. And those abstract, unfamiliar details are for me a fascinating peak into British upperclass life that has always fascinated me, probably because I started reading Christie’s books at such a young age.
It’s a great book because it would make a terrible movie - the whole thing happens over a few hundred yards and in the main character’s own mind. But not in a Guy In Your MFA kind of way, it’s good.
It’s a great book because it would make a terrible movie - the whole thing happens over a few hundred yards and in the main character’s own mind. But not in a Guy In Your MFA kind of way, it’s good.
a8bhatia's review against another edition
3.0
I wasn't sure about this book when I picked it up, but I quite enjoyed it despite finding the main character to be annoying. It is a book that will have you reflecting about your own life.
dwheeler88's review against another edition
4.0
p147 "It had been quite easy to fill her life with unimportant trivialities that left her no time for self-knowledge"
Yes it sure is. To keep busy. To leave no time for wandering thoughts. To be so close to recognizing reality only to shake ones head of the unhappy thoughts and continue on as before.
Yes it sure is. To keep busy. To leave no time for wandering thoughts. To be so close to recognizing reality only to shake ones head of the unhappy thoughts and continue on as before.
inesffricardo's review against another edition
3.0
Nunca tinha lido nada da Agatha Christie escrito sobre o pseudónimo de Mary Westmacott.
Na realidade, senti que este seu pseudónimo explora de forma absolutamente fantástica os sentimentos, as relações e o psicológico das suas personagens.
Apesar de ritmo lento (e a narrativa um pouco aborrecida) gostei da forma como o livro explora os pensamento e receios de uma mulher inglesa de meia classe, nos anos 30/40.
Esta obra é prova da mente progressista de Agatha Christie - que crítica a sociedade machista inglesa na qual estava inserida quando escreveu o livro. Sociedade essa onde a vida da mulher tem como único propósito servir o marido que a escolheu como esposa.
Aparecera uma súbita emoção veemente na sua voz.
“Podes confiar em mim, Averil, que um homem que não faz o trabalho que gosta de fazer… o trabalho para que nasceu… é apenas meio homem. Afirmo-te com tanta certeza como estar aqui de pé, que, se afastares Rupert Cargill do seu trabalho e lhe tornares impossível progredir esse trabalho, chegará o dia em que ficarás frustrada e verás o homem que amas infeliz, insatisfeito… precocemente envelhecido… cansado e descoroçoado… vivendo apenas com metade da sua vida. E se pensas que o teu amor, ou o amor de qualquer mulher, pode consolá-lo disso, então digo-te francamente que és uma parvinha sentimental.”
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Na realidade, senti que este seu pseudónimo explora de forma absolutamente fantástica os sentimentos, as relações e o psicológico das suas personagens.
Apesar de ritmo lento (e a narrativa um pouco aborrecida) gostei da forma como o livro explora os pensamento e receios de uma mulher inglesa de meia classe, nos anos 30/40.
Esta obra é prova da mente progressista de Agatha Christie - que crítica a sociedade machista inglesa na qual estava inserida quando escreveu o livro. Sociedade essa onde a vida da mulher tem como único propósito servir o marido que a escolheu como esposa.
Aparecera uma súbita emoção veemente na sua voz.
“Podes confiar em mim, Averil, que um homem que não faz o trabalho que gosta de fazer… o trabalho para que nasceu… é apenas meio homem. Afirmo-te com tanta certeza como estar aqui de pé, que, se afastares Rupert Cargill do seu trabalho e lhe tornares impossível progredir esse trabalho, chegará o dia em que ficarás frustrada e verás o homem que amas infeliz, insatisfeito… precocemente envelhecido… cansado e descoroçoado… vivendo apenas com metade da sua vida. E se pensas que o teu amor, ou o amor de qualquer mulher, pode consolá-lo disso, então digo-te francamente que és uma parvinha sentimental.”
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