lachiemorris 's review for:

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

4.25

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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a delight to read as the characters felt
alive with troubles and excitements. madame bovary was brilliantly written as i found myself hating and empathising with her. the way her quest for a rich lifestyle was woven in was amazingly put

charles was a more difficult one, for i found him boring in the beginning, but bursting at the seams with beautiful writing towards the end. maybe flaubert forgot to rehash those areas? i’m unsure 

overall one of my favourite books of the year, that felt slightly weighed down by a drab first act, second was amazing, and third was perfect in description atmosphere and character study