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amat_malak 's review for:
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Loveable characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It makes sense that a lot of the novel is inspired by Flaubert's own life. She's manipulated left, right, and centre. By the books she reads, by the men she's around, by the society, by her own delusions. She cannot live without a man loving her. She's on a constant cycle of bad decisions, with her lovers and money. What put me off the most is that she spent money that wasn't hers, on credit, so recklessly.
There wasn't a single likeable character in the story. If the novel was intended to portray social climbing of French bourgeoisie, the pharmacist did it best. If the author wanted to mock the fickleness of middle class women full of romantic delusions, he created with his words, the epitome of one. There was no end to her ruining herself, so the end was more than apt. Charles and Berthe have my sympathy.
There wasn't a single likeable character in the story. If the novel was intended to portray social climbing of French bourgeoisie, the pharmacist did it best. If the author wanted to mock the fickleness of middle class women full of romantic delusions, he created with his words, the epitome of one. There was no end to her ruining herself, so the end was more than apt. Charles and Berthe have my sympathy.