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2.82k reviews for:

Brideshead Revisited

Evelyn Waugh

3.87 AVERAGE

dark funny reflective
reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional reflective sad medium-paced
challenging reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional mysterious reflective 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: Yes
challenging reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The first part that plays in Oxford during their youth is interesting if you are looking for a window back in time and how it was to study at Oxford then. of course it is masterfully written, and if you enjoy that literary period you'll love the book and the cleverness with which they hid the dark truths of what was really going on beneath the language used and the famous stiff upper lip. Waughn intended to make a case for catholicism with this book reportedly, but it seems to me it has the contrary effect today, as psychology taught us the real consequences of repressed emotions and authenticity.

i just thought this was incredibly boooooring 
emotional reflective slow-paced
challenging reflective sad slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No

a school 4 but a personal 3