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3.57 AVERAGE
3.57 AVERAGE
I needed to read this for a french 19th century literature class and I found this book so dull I just had to resort to an audiobook... I liked the academia vibes this book tried to sell at the beginning but, I just hated every fucking men in this, and some of the female characters.... just not good.
required reading was only from parts 1 & 3 so I did skim over part 2/do want to return and read it again all thoroughly, an probably make it into a 5* read. I like the writing, I don't like Frederic. I think I like my men to, you know, actually react to the revolution outside their front door and care about a bit more than shagging fit girls. & my seminar leader said Frederic is semi-autobiographical, so I guess maybe Flaubert's annoying toooo (question: why do all influential French writers for this module literally just write very thinly veiled autobiographical novels and have them touted as THE UNIVERSAL EXPERIENCE?) but he knows his sentences.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death
Minor: Misogyny
This was one of my key books as a teenager.
Later, much much later, I read a biography of Flaubert ([b:Flaubert|4253697|Flaubert|Benjamin F. Bart|/assets/nocover/60x80.png|4301141]) which told me I had misunderstood everything.
It's quite likely I did. I haven't dared go back.
Later, much much later, I read a biography of Flaubert ([b:Flaubert|4253697|Flaubert|Benjamin F. Bart|/assets/nocover/60x80.png|4301141]) which told me I had misunderstood everything.
It's quite likely I did. I haven't dared go back.