sohxpie 's review for:

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

3.0

---

Whilst I didn't find myself hugely invested in this book, I didn't dislike it either, I would say I have a neutral opinion on it. I am glad I've read it but I don't think I would now seek out other works from this author. It would be really easy for me to say I hate the character of Emma Bovary and she was an awful person but I think it's a little more complicated than that. Yes, she is manipulative, adulterous, financially irresponsible, and a whole host of other unpleasant things but there are snippets in the novel that make you pause and question her character. I'm not saying these things redeem her character in any way but they do make you realise there may be a reason why she acts the way she does. I think it was the well-developed, well-written characters that  kept me invested in this novel but ultimately it's not for me.