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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Veryyyy slow and boring #country vibes at the start but picked up towards the end. Heartbreaking display of how alcoholism impacts individuals and their families. I also enjoyed the themes of nostalgia—no one can escape the passing of time.
I love British Literature. I took a few different courses on it in college. Having heard the titles of many classics my reading list is gargantuan. Comes with being an English major. This was one such book. But I've been questioning my desire to read the classics as of late.
A classic, too often, is code for a white dude that other white dudes liked in the Days of Yore. Sometimes this white dude agrees, I read Dickens and Shakespeare and love them both. And while that dry wit and writing style that defines the writing of a lot of those old white dudes is something I still enjoy no matter what, the plot and the characters are what have been making me feel increasingly uncomfortable.
I simply have no patience for the ennui that rich white men are burdened with in these stories. My reading as taken on a much more diverse bent and the real struggles of the poor, of the minorities, of women, make me less sympathetic to the plight of the young man trying to find his way in the world on the back of his family money.
I got about 50 pages in and I just couldn't continue. And I'm slowly becoming ok with that.
A classic, too often, is code for a white dude that other white dudes liked in the Days of Yore. Sometimes this white dude agrees, I read Dickens and Shakespeare and love them both. And while that dry wit and writing style that defines the writing of a lot of those old white dudes is something I still enjoy no matter what, the plot and the characters are what have been making me feel increasingly uncomfortable.
I simply have no patience for the ennui that rich white men are burdened with in these stories. My reading as taken on a much more diverse bent and the real struggles of the poor, of the minorities, of women, make me less sympathetic to the plight of the young man trying to find his way in the world on the back of his family money.
I got about 50 pages in and I just couldn't continue. And I'm slowly becoming ok with that.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
maybe the best book ive ever read. i am however biased because i’m a gay catholic
Spoiler
setelah dibuat bingung akan hubungan Charles dan Sebastian, apakah mereka sekedar teman ataukah lebih dari itu?."For nearly ten years I was thus borne along a road outwardly full of change and incident, but never during that time, except sometimes in my painting ------- and that at longer and longer intervals ------ did I come alive as I had been during the time of my friendship with Sebastian. I took it to be youth, not life, that I was losing." (Charles;226)
Setelah membaca sampai 65%, saya rasa hubungan mereka lebih dari sekedar teman namun mereka hanya menjalani hubungan platonik.
Dan sedikit lebih yakin setelah membaca percakapan antara Charles dan Julia berikut ini:
Charles: "I was glad when I found Celia was unfaithful," I said. "I felt it was right for me to dislike her."
Julia: "Is she? Do you? I'm glad. I don't like her either. Why did you marry her?"
Charles: "Physical attraction. Ambition. Everyone agrees she's the ideal wife for the painter. Loneliness, missing Sebastian."
Julia: #You loved him, didn't you?"
Charles: "Oh yes. He was the forerunner."
Julia understood.
(Page 257)
Tetapi setelah membaca narasi dihalaman 303 jadi ga yakin lagi. Charles ini membingungkan *sebal*.
Charles, "I had not forgotten Sebastian. He was with me daily in Julia; or rather it was Julia I had known in him, in those distant, Arcadian days."
Narasi lain.
Charles, "I had not forgotten Sebastian; every stone of the house had a memory of him, and when I heard him spoken of by Cordelia as someone she had seen a month ago, my lost friend filled my thoughts."
Kurang suka dengan Charles waktu Sebastian banyak minum dia kurang berusaha menghentikan kebiasaannya itu.
Spoiler
waktu menjalani kumpul kebo dengan Julia (mereka berdua sama-sama masih terikat pernikahan dengan pasangan masing-masing) dia malah menyetujui. Dan marah waktu Bridey menyinggung Julia tentang hal ini. (Page 285-286)Senang sekali sedikit dialog antara Charles dan Cordelia berikut ini:
Charles: "Have you told Julia this about Sebastian?".
Cordelia: "The substance of it; not quite as I told you. She never loved him, you know, as we do."
Charles, ""Do." The word reproached me; there was no past tense in Cordelia's verb "to love.""
Dan yeeeiii akhirnya Charles tidak jadi menikah dengan Julia.
(book one 5 stars, book two 4 stars, book three 4.5 stars)
brideshead revisited is written in some of the most romantic prose i’ve ever read. the ending really broke my heart but i completely saw it coming. the oxford section reminds me a lot of someone i no longer speak to; it is so beautifully and familiarly nostalgic of a place i will never again visit. i really loved this book, both more and less than i expected.
brideshead revisited is written in some of the most romantic prose i’ve ever read. the ending really broke my heart but i completely saw it coming. the oxford section reminds me a lot of someone i no longer speak to; it is so beautifully and familiarly nostalgic of a place i will never again visit. i really loved this book, both more and less than i expected.
challenging
emotional
funny
sad
slow-paced
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I picked this up at a bookstore in Oxford, during my first trip to Europe. It's the perfect thing to read in Europe, reflecting the lost pomp and grandeur of some once-great period in the recesses of one's memory. This loss has, of course, characterized much of Western European art and literature at least since the Romantics.
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes