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finalghoul's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
laurynsbookshelf's review against another edition
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
thekarlaverse's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.0
rosalind14's review
4.0
5 stars for Chéri, 3 for The End of Chéri. I’m sure it deserves to be read in the original French (I wish I could) but I think the new translation does as good a job as possible.
“‘I look like a gardener,’ she judged bluntly. ‘A vegetable farmer. A Norman vegetable farmer who goes out in the potato fields wearing a necklace. It looks about as good on me as an ostrich plume stuck up my nose, and I’m being polite.’”
“‘I look like a gardener,’ she judged bluntly. ‘A vegetable farmer. A Norman vegetable farmer who goes out in the potato fields wearing a necklace. It looks about as good on me as an ostrich plume stuck up my nose, and I’m being polite.’”
carol8's review
4.0
"... mistress of metaphor and sparkling detail... Oh, how I like Colette's way of writing!"
"A hope, as senseless as the hope that can strike people mid-descent as they fall from a tower, shimmered between them and disappeared."
"You were unique only... for a time."
"A hope, as senseless as the hope that can strike people mid-descent as they fall from a tower, shimmered between them and disappeared."
"You were unique only... for a time."
taviamorgan's review against another edition
3.0
definitely one of the better books i’ve read for school. i thought cheri was interesting though annoying. lea was great. i though cheri was probably a 4 but the last of cheri was a lot more boring which makes sense and i get why but i just didn’t enjoy it as much. overall it was interesting and definitely brings up interesting issues especially of the time period but i nothing that blew my mind. i did the like the ending and i felt like it made a lot of sense.
igru23's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
emilybryk's review against another edition
4.0
So maudlin as to cross over into genuinely heartbreaking.
If I read French, I imagine this would be 5 stars -- I feel like something got lost in the translation, but I can't be sure.
If I read French, I imagine this would be 5 stars -- I feel like something got lost in the translation, but I can't be sure.