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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I think I ruined this for myself by leaving it behind for a week as the flow was interrupted and I just did not enjoy the remainder of it much.
reflective
slow-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
slow-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
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
OK book!! I feel bad rating it at all because I did not give it much attention at all but that may have been a product of the book itself... Actually I do think it was good I just did not gaf. Lots of quotable moments but I guess it just went down a road I didn't expect and didn't care about so I was left hanging for a while until I did actually care about what it was talking about again. Overall good and ended with an interesting little tale there. It seems as if all I read about nowadays is religion!! Would read more Evelyn Waugh but maybe not today.
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I don’t even know what to think
*three days and a bout of flu later*
Ok I’ve figured it out - a stark criticism of Catholicism whilst also (weirdly) portraying the reason why so many people stick by religion.
Ryder happens to be rather (reversely) enlightened at the end of the novel (despite Seb literally becoming a monk).
I am actually in love with Evelyn Waugh - this novel is SO different from Vile Bodies but it captures another important facet of the interwar years. Rather than ‘Bright Young Things’ being shrouded in glitter, he (i know i thought he was a woman) presents a much darker world, a family desperately trying to hold onto it’s religion, a country going into war, a father who doesnt much care for his son (who also provides some comic relief), a wife disenchanted with the reality of her husband, etc etc. Bleak. But Waugh presents all of this in a massively stunning manner; his prose is BEAUTIFUL.
Fully read this bc Emerald Fennel said Saltburn took influences from it, but im kind of unsure - maybe the influences were aesthetic and less based in Catholicism?
*three days and a bout of flu later*
Ok I’ve figured it out - a stark criticism of Catholicism whilst also (weirdly) portraying the reason why so many people stick by religion.
Ryder happens to be rather (reversely) enlightened at the end of the novel (despite Seb literally becoming a monk).
I am actually in love with Evelyn Waugh - this novel is SO different from Vile Bodies but it captures another important facet of the interwar years. Rather than ‘Bright Young Things’ being shrouded in glitter, he (i know i thought he was a woman) presents a much darker world, a family desperately trying to hold onto it’s religion, a country going into war, a father who doesnt much care for his son (who also provides some comic relief), a wife disenchanted with the reality of her husband, etc etc. Bleak. But Waugh presents all of this in a massively stunning manner; his prose is BEAUTIFUL.
Fully read this bc Emerald Fennel said Saltburn took influences from it, but im kind of unsure - maybe the influences were aesthetic and less based in Catholicism?
I felt as if I were in an episode of Downtown Abbey. Charming. Nostalgic and documenting aristocratic decline.
emotional
reflective
sad
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
medium-paced