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teen_writing_101 's review for:
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
challenging
funny
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
IT'S OVER IT'S OVER IT'S FINALLY OVER
Okay. I have a lot of thoughts on this and it is 11 pm so none of them are going to make any sense. So. Loved Becky, and her significance as an unlikeable female protagonist, but imo there were too many other characters and while I do think the subtlety was very well done, I also think that the book could have and should have been a lot shorter because there were whole chapters in which nothing other than exposition happened in the most long-winded fashion possible which was annoying, to say the least. Would have been a lot better in its original form/if I hadn't been speed-reading it but what can I say. Also would have enjoyed it more had I been alive in the 1800s, because while it's relatively accessible and applicable to the modern age, some of the military and aristocratic references made absolutely no sense to me, plus a lot of the stuff that was ground-breaking at the time didn't feel that ground-breaking nearly 200 years on. Also wasn't a huge fan of the racism throughout (yes ik historical context but it is extremely irritating to have to constantly be primed for cheap Jew jokes whenever you read a classic so I think my point still stands). Would probably recommend, as it's definitely a classic and has stood the test of time for a reason, but it's very archaic, rambling and way too long so I wouldn't go into it thinking your in for a particularly fun or easy time.
tl;dr: objectively good but god is it boring
Okay. I have a lot of thoughts on this and it is 11 pm so none of them are going to make any sense. So. Loved Becky, and her significance as an unlikeable female protagonist, but imo there were too many other characters and while I do think the subtlety was very well done, I also think that the book could have and should have been a lot shorter because there were whole chapters in which nothing other than exposition happened in the most long-winded fashion possible which was annoying, to say the least. Would have been a lot better in its original form/if I hadn't been speed-reading it but what can I say. Also would have enjoyed it more had I been alive in the 1800s, because while it's relatively accessible and applicable to the modern age, some of the military and aristocratic references made absolutely no sense to me, plus a lot of the stuff that was ground-breaking at the time didn't feel that ground-breaking nearly 200 years on. Also wasn't a huge fan of the racism throughout (yes ik historical context but it is extremely irritating to have to constantly be primed for cheap Jew jokes whenever you read a classic so I think my point still stands). Would probably recommend, as it's definitely a classic and has stood the test of time for a reason, but it's very archaic, rambling and way too long so I wouldn't go into it thinking your in for a particularly fun or easy time.
tl;dr: objectively good but god is it boring