Reviews

The Legend of St Julian the Hospitable by Gustave Flaubert

ameliasbooks's review against another edition

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

hiba29's review against another edition

adventurous dark reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

clayton_sanborn's review

emotional sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Westerners are never beating the Oedipus allegations 

shiprim's review against another edition

4.0

Hayli başarılı bir öykü.

natasha12321's review against another edition

reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

deslauriers's review against another edition

dark reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death

Moderate: Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty

kasper's review against another edition

adventurous medium-paced

3.25

romanoirs's review against another edition

3.0

This is the second short story in my collection of Three Tales. A Simple Heart is my favourite short story, period, and this was a fitting second in the collection. Flaubert is infamous for painstakingly choosing every word in a sentence and you can tell that with his beautiful descriptions in his short prose. The ending was a bit of a shock to me and I think it would have been a 4 star story if it wasn't for how abrupt it was.

alan_allis's review

3.0

What kind of ending is that. Well, I am shocked. If it didn't end like that, I would probably give it 4 stars. A very interesting story and well written. Also that double-murder, just fantastic. Too bad that it was simply boring at times and that it just dragged a bit. Nevermind, it was still the best story from "Three Tales". Rating: 3.7 stars.

romanoirs's review against another edition

3.0

This is the second short story in my collection of Three Tales. A Simple Heart is my favourite short story, period, and this was a fitting second in the collection. Flaubert is infamous for painstakingly choosing every word in a sentence and you can tell that with his beautiful descriptions in his short prose. The ending was a bit of a shock to me and I think it would have been a 4 star story if it wasn't for how abrupt it was.