theodoreeeeeeads 's review for:

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

3.75

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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So sad 😢 

Really struggling with the rating on this one but I’m going with 3.75 stars.

It was difficult to follow portions of the book. I find with a lot of classics, they can dance around the critical points of the plot without stating things explicitly and after reading a passage you’re not entirely sure what’s happening. I think I may have read it slightly too quickly. 

Also lots of whimsical, comedic characters were portrayed that somehow became essential to the story, I liked that. 

It did hook me in significantly though and the ending was crushing. In the end it was a good classic