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Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
Cynics better not read.
And being one, found myself becoming more cynical than ever. The portrayal of human fault, from being too naive to too selfish, to just deplorable behavior, that could have been present in 19th century, Thackeray portrays beautifully.
And many naive and too good-hearted people could benefit in harsh lessons of life, but for us cynics, it just makes us lose the last bit of faith in humanity (figuratively).
And while emotions, build-up and situations are beautifully built, and would deserve 5/5, the unreadability of some sections, and completely unnecessary descriptions of lesser characters and sometimes even whole chapters, made my opinion go down to 3/5.
In truth, the book spanned more than 15 years, so by default it couldn't be short and flow nicely, however taking into account all ramblings and (very annoying) sudden opinions of authors 'I', as if he was part of the fictional society, the book could be compressed into 400-450 pages and be a very enjoyable read!
And being one, found myself becoming more cynical than ever. The portrayal of human fault, from being too naive to too selfish, to just deplorable behavior, that could have been present in 19th century, Thackeray portrays beautifully.
And many naive and too good-hearted people could benefit in harsh lessons of life, but for us cynics, it just makes us lose the last bit of faith in humanity (figuratively).
And while emotions, build-up and situations are beautifully built, and would deserve 5/5, the unreadability of some sections, and completely unnecessary descriptions of lesser characters and sometimes even whole chapters, made my opinion go down to 3/5.
In truth, the book spanned more than 15 years, so by default it couldn't be short and flow nicely, however taking into account all ramblings and (very annoying) sudden opinions of authors 'I', as if he was part of the fictional society, the book could be compressed into 400-450 pages and be a very enjoyable read!