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4.07 AVERAGE
4.07 AVERAGE
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Such a great exploration into the corruption that consumes one who submits to temptations. With many of the characters living lives of decadence and excess, this hedonistic existence is in stark contrast to the saint like goodness of Helen’s character. Anne Bronte writes with the same eloquence of that of her sisters, however this book just didn’t have the same haunting beauty that makes Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre so profoundly breathtaking.
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
dark
inspiring
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The first book I'd read from Anne Brontë - while I expected the moralizing given what I'd heard, I wasn't prepared for how much the novel enjoyed throwing itself in the dirt, while lugging itself heavily over those passages of moral edification that dripped like unwanted treacle.
There's much to be said here about a rather unsparing glimpse at drugged-up and violent masculinity within a paternalistic social and legal system, only its all rather dulled by the then-necessary reconciliation with the brute who serves as a part-time narrator and other similar concessions, with a "blinding of Rochester" moment in a minor key. So there are some strengths of character in here.
The only problem with that kind of literary conversation is that it glosses over just how dull the book can be. As a narrator, Helen has more downs than ups, and Gilmore or whatever his name is, is worse. Some good descriptions of the landscape and Wildfell Hall though.
Will I read Agnes Grey? On the strength of this, not likely!
There's much to be said here about a rather unsparing glimpse at drugged-up and violent masculinity within a paternalistic social and legal system, only its all rather dulled by the then-necessary reconciliation with the brute who serves as a part-time narrator and other similar concessions, with a "blinding of Rochester" moment in a minor key. So there are some strengths of character in here.
The only problem with that kind of literary conversation is that it glosses over just how dull the book can be. As a narrator, Helen has more downs than ups, and Gilmore or whatever his name is, is worse. Some good descriptions of the landscape and Wildfell Hall though.
Will I read Agnes Grey? On the strength of this, not likely!
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Confinement, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship
Amazing use of that first flashback and honestly for its time this book is so forward. You can really imagine all the characters and feelings even if some of them are unwanted it provides a full show to my head and i was so happy when the 2 people who got married before the finale did. After the diary parts Gilbert becomes a really boring character to my head and i would rather it more about Helen - my favourite written character so far-.
emotional
slow-paced