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finalghoul's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
laurynsbookshelf's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
alixf889's review against another edition
This gave me the ick and I’m not entirely sure why
thekarlaverse's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.0
rosalind14's review against another edition
4.0
5 stars for Chéri, 3 for The End of Chéri. I’m sure it deserves to be read in the original French (I wish I could) but I think the new translation does as good a job as possible.
“‘I look like a gardener,’ she judged bluntly. ‘A vegetable farmer. A Norman vegetable farmer who goes out in the potato fields wearing a necklace. It looks about as good on me as an ostrich plume stuck up my nose, and I’m being polite.’”
“‘I look like a gardener,’ she judged bluntly. ‘A vegetable farmer. A Norman vegetable farmer who goes out in the potato fields wearing a necklace. It looks about as good on me as an ostrich plume stuck up my nose, and I’m being polite.’”
carol8's review against another edition
4.0
"... mistress of metaphor and sparkling detail... Oh, how I like Colette's way of writing!"
"A hope, as senseless as the hope that can strike people mid-descent as they fall from a tower, shimmered between them and disappeared."
"You were unique only... for a time."
"A hope, as senseless as the hope that can strike people mid-descent as they fall from a tower, shimmered between them and disappeared."
"You were unique only... for a time."
taviamorgan's review against another edition
3.0
definitely one of the better books i’ve read for school. i thought cheri was interesting though annoying. lea was great. i though cheri was probably a 4 but the last of cheri was a lot more boring which makes sense and i get why but i just didn’t enjoy it as much. overall it was interesting and definitely brings up interesting issues especially of the time period but i nothing that blew my mind. i did the like the ending and i felt like it made a lot of sense.
igru23's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
emilybryk's review against another edition
4.0
So maudlin as to cross over into genuinely heartbreaking.
If I read French, I imagine this would be 5 stars -- I feel like something got lost in the translation, but I can't be sure.
If I read French, I imagine this would be 5 stars -- I feel like something got lost in the translation, but I can't be sure.