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3.76 AVERAGE
3.76 AVERAGE
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A lot of versatile information on different outcomes of Christianity being used as a form of manipulation. Many people of the church in the Decameron are selfish, and desire nothing more but there needs met.
Content Warnings
Minor: Religious bigotry
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
I read this book for school.
I didn't feel strongly about the characters.
Wealthy Florentines tell stories to each other while others are dying of black death. At the time, I suppose it was revolutionary, funny and gripping. However, I find it incredibly boring. There were only a few stories I liked. The one I liked the most was the story about a „deaf“ peasant who came to a monastery and then had affairs with the nuns.)
Page 352, the best line in the book.
Jdi k šípku.
I strongly dislike this whole book and the end wasn't an exception.
No.
I didn't feel strongly about the characters.
Wealthy Florentines tell stories to each other while others are dying of black death. At the time, I suppose it was revolutionary, funny and gripping. However, I find it incredibly boring. There were only a few stories I liked. The one I liked the most was the story about a „deaf“ peasant who came to a monastery and then had affairs with the nuns.)
Page 352, the best line in the book.
I strongly dislike this whole book and the end wasn't an exception.
No.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism
Minor: Death, Sexual content, Medical content, Murder, Pregnancy
Իհարկե կարար էդքան շատ նովել չգրեր, բայց գնահատում եմ աշխատանքը ու նաև համարձակությունը: Նովելները շատ տարբեր էին, կային ձանձրալիները, կային ահագին լավերը, ընդհանուր առմամբ "գիրք սրիկաների մասին" կարծիքս չի փոխվում: Եթե ավելի երկարացնեմ, սենց կստացվի` գիրք անուղեղների ու էդ անուղեղությունն օգտագործող սրիկաների մասին:
Not every bawdy story is a winner, but the authorial voice is just an absolute delight.
adventurous
funny
informative
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
for all the terrible things in here, it's a really pleasant place to hang out a long time.
The rich find refuge in a mansion as the Plague runs rampant. They tell stories by day and run a muck at night. Sexualized, manic.
I have, as of the time of this review, only read one story from The Decameron, that being Federigo's Falcon. I'll read the rest sometime.
Federigo's Falcon is a wonderful example of situational irony that will bring to mind O. Henry's Gift of the Magi. The Decameron was written by an Italian near-contemporary of Chaucer and it follows a similar structure to Canterbury Tales: a group of people (in this case, fleeing from a plague) tell each other stories to pass the time.
I've heard that there are some funny, bawdy tales throughout the rest of the book, and if they're as entertaining as Federigo's Falcon, I can't wait to have time to read them.
Federigo's Falcon is a wonderful example of situational irony that will bring to mind O. Henry's Gift of the Magi. The Decameron was written by an Italian near-contemporary of Chaucer and it follows a similar structure to Canterbury Tales: a group of people (in this case, fleeing from a plague) tell each other stories to pass the time.
I've heard that there are some funny, bawdy tales throughout the rest of the book, and if they're as entertaining as Federigo's Falcon, I can't wait to have time to read them.