ivona_storyg 's review for:

Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac

3.75

reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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So the book is basically a critique of the upper class of the French society and carelessness and ignorance that comes with the title that one gets. Eugene, apart from Goriot, could also be considered a main charachter, that kinda ties all of the others together. Critics would tlaay that he is the only one that had a charachter development. However I would argue that even tho he showed his humbleness when he buried Goriot with very little amount of money he had, right after the burial he went to lunch with one of Goriot's ill mannered daughters, that he previously "fell in live with" while he chased some sort of security when he got to Paris from the province. Goriot Himself, so called "Christ of fatherhood" would do anything and everything to excuse his daugters' Gluttony, is ready to kill, steal and "die for their sins". The naturalism in this book is so bloody strong, it almost feels sarcastic and ironic.