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reasie 's review for:
Don Quixote de La Mancha - Vol I
by Miguel de Cervantes
Book one done!
That was such an undertaking that I don't know how to summarize the experience. Parts of the book are startlingly modern, self-aware and wry. Parts are a bit tedious. (Could they run into yet another 'most beautiful girl ever with a rich father unsure who she should marry'? Sometimes my comprehension slowed down to misery, looking up every word on the page until I gave up in frustration. Other times I felt I was really reading this, you know? It got better as I went along and I look forward to an easier time reading book two.
I struggle on the stars - I can't say I enjoyed looking up 'espada' eight times because I kept getting it confused with 'espalda'. The fulling mills adventure was by far the funniest. At times the humor was a bit mean, and for every "poor Quijote!" you think there's a "gah! Don't do that, Quijote!"
The attitude toward women... there've probably been a million theses on the portrayal of women in Don Quijote. It's complex, actually. Or maybe I'm reading too much into it.
That was such an undertaking that I don't know how to summarize the experience. Parts of the book are startlingly modern, self-aware and wry. Parts are a bit tedious. (Could they run into yet another 'most beautiful girl ever with a rich father unsure who she should marry'? Sometimes my comprehension slowed down to misery, looking up every word on the page until I gave up in frustration. Other times I felt I was really reading this, you know? It got better as I went along and I look forward to an easier time reading book two.
I struggle on the stars - I can't say I enjoyed looking up 'espada' eight times because I kept getting it confused with 'espalda'. The fulling mills adventure was by far the funniest. At times the humor was a bit mean, and for every "poor Quijote!" you think there's a "gah! Don't do that, Quijote!"
The attitude toward women... there've probably been a million theses on the portrayal of women in Don Quijote. It's complex, actually. Or maybe I'm reading too much into it.