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impla77's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
This book was a bit all over the place, I found the plot plodding and just didn’t seem thought out. The ending is quite sudden.. just not a great book overall.
debyik's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this once the story started. The introduction at the beginning was a bit long and somewhat unnecessary in my opinion. Once the story started, I found it interesting and wanting to know how it ended. The formatting of the book could be updated, removing the footnotes in the text to an appendix would help the flow of the story, especially since some of them are multiple pages long. Not a sit at the edge of your seat page-turner, but The Monastery is worth the time. I look forward to reading the second book in the series - The Abbot.
lnatal's review
4.0
Free download available at Project Gutenberg.
INTRODUCTION—(1830.)
It would be difficult to assign any good reason why the author of Ivanhoe, after using, in that work, all the art he possessed to remove the personages, action, and manners of the tale, to a distance from his own country, should choose for the scene of his next attempt the celebrated ruins of Melrose, in the immediate neighbourhood of his own residence. But the reason, or caprice, which dictated his change of system, has entirely escaped his recollection, nor is it worth while to attempt recalling what must be a matter of very little consequence.
4* Rob Roy
3* The Heart of Mid-Lothian
4* Ivanhoe
3* Waverley
4* The Fair Maid of Perth
4* The Bride of Lammermoor
$* Kenilworth
3* The Antiquary
3* The Talisman
4* The Monastery
TR The Pirate
TR The Waverly Novels: Anne of Geierstein
TR The Two Drovers
TR The Lady of the Lake
INTRODUCTION—(1830.)
It would be difficult to assign any good reason why the author of Ivanhoe, after using, in that work, all the art he possessed to remove the personages, action, and manners of the tale, to a distance from his own country, should choose for the scene of his next attempt the celebrated ruins of Melrose, in the immediate neighbourhood of his own residence. But the reason, or caprice, which dictated his change of system, has entirely escaped his recollection, nor is it worth while to attempt recalling what must be a matter of very little consequence.
4* Rob Roy
3* The Heart of Mid-Lothian
4* Ivanhoe
3* Waverley
4* The Fair Maid of Perth
4* The Bride of Lammermoor
$* Kenilworth
3* The Antiquary
3* The Talisman
4* The Monastery
TR The Pirate
TR The Waverly Novels: Anne of Geierstein
TR The Two Drovers
TR The Lady of the Lake
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