2.82k reviews for:

Brideshead Revisited

Evelyn Waugh

3.87 AVERAGE

paris_december's review against another edition

5.0

emotional reflective slow-paced

zacyoung's review against another edition

4.25

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

sedonasj's review against another edition

3.0

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a school 4 but a personal 3

fmjenn's review against another edition

4.0

emotional hopeful reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

zeena's review against another edition

3.5

reflective medium-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: Yes

lemeatsweats's review against another edition

5.0

challenging reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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Complex, the latter half almost feels like a different story than the first half. 

emgoboingo's review against another edition

3.0

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This was remarkable and off-putting. It's the kind of book that one would read to write a paper about depictions of catholicism, classism, and homosexuality in early 20th-century England. But the experience of reading this was like having lunch with a bunch of grey-toothed people so preoccupied with how they appear to each other that forget to eat the meal. Everyone is beautiful but their breath is nasty. ALSO: there is an extended metaphor that compares a woman's genitalia to a building site.

jcienfuegos's review against another edition

5.0

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Releído 9 años después, no sé de dónde salió lo de que la novela tiene fallos y hay partes tediosas. Brideshead es uno de esos libros que terminas pensando que no pasará a ser uno de tus favoritos y que sigues recordando con el paso de los años, cada vez con más cariño. Igual es porque el mundo y yo hemos cambiado mucho en esta casi década, pero en esta relectura me ha parecido aún mejor libro, más divertido, mejor escrito, más melancólico, más queer. Todo bien.

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Quizá 4,5; o 4,75...

Me ha pasado algo muy curioso con este libro. Durante la primera de las tres partes que lo componen, que llega casi hasta la mitad del libro, simplemente me estaba entreteniendo, y a veces hasta me resultaba tedioso tanto drama en torno a Sebastian. Sin embargo, a partir de la segunda parte, todo se impregna de un tono más melancólico y maduro que me conquistó por completo. La novela tiene sus fallos, bastantes y muy evidentes, pero también tiene un encanto que los compensa si conectas con él.

itismebruna's review against another edition

4.0

emotional reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

angiegruggett's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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I don’t quite know what to think of this novel. Beautifully written, had some very interesting reflections on religion and family that have stuck with me. I think plot wise the first half was more interesting, it started to fall off for me in the second half but the ending pulled me back.