shukalido 's review for:

Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh

4.0

funny reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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"And we would leave the golden candlelight of the dining-room for the starlight outside and sit on the edge of the fountain, cooling our hands in the water and listening drunkenly to its splash and gurgle over the rocks."

A novel of dazzling decadence. Immensely and glitteringly atmospheric. Religious tension and animosity, laced through a backdrop of waning luxury makes Brideshead Revisited one of the most poignant cultural observations of pre-WWII England.

Sharply funny and surprisingly moving, Waugh contends with an acuity of wit that renders intimate moments achingly emotionally suffuse. A beautiful array of bright, emotive characters that I adored for all of their flaws.