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A review by leelulah
Tristana by Benito Pérez Galdós
5.0
I absolutely loved this. The psychological description of the characters is so real , that even if the reader is not able to imagine a person completely, meaning including his / her physical appareance you could exactly figure the essential things.
The irony was perfect, and probably the best of it. The final could be completely predictable, but the point of it all is to discover how the transformation happens, more than anything the critique of the romanticism is what keeps the story alive and makes you even have some mercy on them, seeing how did they destroyed their own lives and don't seem to notice, but to accept every thing they were against.
The comparation that I'm about to do may sound a little exaggerate, but it reminded me a little of 1984, the reader knew the characters were going to end destroyed by accepting every norm of the system they were against, and slowly, they lose any sense of rebellion.
The irony was perfect, and probably the best of it. The final could be completely predictable, but the point of it all is to discover how the transformation happens, more than anything the critique of the romanticism is what keeps the story alive and makes you even have some mercy on them, seeing how did they destroyed their own lives and don't seem to notice, but to accept every thing they were against.
The comparation that I'm about to do may sound a little exaggerate, but it reminded me a little of 1984, the reader knew the characters were going to end destroyed by accepting every norm of the system they were against, and slowly, they lose any sense of rebellion.