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squeakybones's review
slow-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? It's complicated
1.5
sidharthvardhan's review
3.0
The protagonist is kind of like male Rupenzal communicating with lovers from a prison for good part of the book.
kcrawfish's review
3.0
2.5 - this was a fun romp at times, very light and fluffy sentiment undercut with an ironical narrator and a punchy end, but it took me so very long to finish, and not because I had to return it to the library or lost my copy the book (my “currently reading” shelf is full of those casualties)
yellagal57's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
krobart's review
2.0
See my review here:
https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2020/01/09/review-1459-the-charterhouse-of-parma/
https://whatmeread.wordpress.com/2020/01/09/review-1459-the-charterhouse-of-parma/
hoboken's review
1.0
Couldn't finish. Guess French Romantic literature is beyond me. I've read 100 pages each of Proust, Mme Bovary, and the C of P b/c I didn't want to die without saying I'd tried them, but I don't see the point. When none of the characters is sympathetic, what keeps you going? Just shallow I guess.