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vincef's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Ableism, Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Blood, Religious bigotry, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Murder, Toxic friendship, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism
Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting
Minor: Pregnancy
nachtvlucht's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Graphic: Death, Gore, Infidelity, Suicide, and Grief
Moderate: Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, and Medical trauma
Minor: Child abuse
mollmccaff's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Graphic: Death, Infidelity, Suicide, Vomit, Grief, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Sexual content, Suicide attempt, Abandonment, and Classism
Minor: Eating disorder, Racial slurs, and Death of parent
lgchalmers's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
Moderate: Death and Suicide
miagw962's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
But this one taught her nothing, knew nothing, wished nothing. He thought her happy; and she resented this easy calm, this serene heaviness, the very happiness she gave.
Boy oh boy was this tricky to get through sometimes. There were many moments where I was like 'what is going on?' and for a while that made me kind of lean towards not liking this book. BUT I think the moments I did love in Madame Bovary outweighed the moments I didn't. There were so many beautifully written chapters that just absolutely blew me away. It was really the ending that solidified my opinion that this is a good book and it was worthwhile reading. I did struggle through some of it but most of it I loved for how melodramatic everything was. The narration I felt was also kind of uncaring towards a lot of the characters which I thought added another interesting layer to the story. I don't know, it really was just the vibe at the end that pushed my original thoughts of a 3 or 3.5 star read to a 4 star. Sidenote: why is every young lady from the 1800s named Emma? Or Jane?
Graphic: Suicide
Minor: Death
lina_reads_to_escape's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
Graphic: Death and Suicide
ingridpasker's review against another edition
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Gore
betweenthelinesbookclub's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Moderate: Death and Suicide
joneseuro's review against another edition
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
The actual story is OKAY. The main character is really
I do appreciate its influence, though, and kept being reminded of Stoner by John Williams - one of my favourite ever books - published much later and that no doubt took a big scoop of influence from Madame Bovary.
Graphic: Death and Suicide
Minor: Racial slurs