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jd3's review against another edition
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
jnchnbyreads's review against another edition
dark
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Sorry but everything about this is so sad, raw and ambiguous, not my cup of tea. Convincing myself to give it a second try next year.
nashjulia89's review against another edition
3.0
I’m glad I read this book, but I was ready for it to end. The rambling nature of the narrator was entertaining, but man was this story hard to follow! I get that was the point, and Ford executed it well. Personally, this isn’t my favorite method to tell a story.
“It is a queer and fantastic world. Why can’t people have what they want? The things were all there to content everybody; yet everybody has the wrong thing. Perhaps you can make head or tail of it all; it is beyond me.”
“It is a queer and fantastic world. Why can’t people have what they want? The things were all there to content everybody; yet everybody has the wrong thing. Perhaps you can make head or tail of it all; it is beyond me.”
kiriamarin's review against another edition
"Yes society must go on; ir must Bread,like rabbits. That is what we are here for.But than, I dont like society-much..."
Tenho buscado não só sentir mas também observar nos livros este ' algo "a mais nas obras.Esta é mais uma obra sobre adultério, nada escandaloso pois acontece silenciosamente ,debaixo do rigor moral do período vitoriano/ Edwardiano. Um casal americano ,outro inglês, suas diferencas e semelhança quanto a este sentimento perigoso: o amor,que aqui não é lindo,nem feliz .
Afinal pessoas boas ,amor,finais felizes só existem em livros?
Que poder a sociedade tem sobre o individuo que os leva a cumprir uma missao como bons soldados ,das leis e a moral, resignação em não ter o que desejamos.
Afinal ninguém teve seu final feliz ,mas os "vilões " tiveram sua punição, como toda história fictícia sobre amor/justiça idealizada.
Tenho buscado não só sentir mas também observar nos livros este ' algo "a mais nas obras.Esta é mais uma obra sobre adultério, nada escandaloso pois acontece silenciosamente ,debaixo do rigor moral do período vitoriano/ Edwardiano. Um casal americano ,outro inglês, suas diferencas e semelhança quanto a este sentimento perigoso: o amor,que aqui não é lindo,nem feliz .
Afinal pessoas boas ,amor,finais felizes só existem em livros?
Que poder a sociedade tem sobre o individuo que os leva a cumprir uma missao como bons soldados ,das leis e a moral, resignação em não ter o que desejamos.
Afinal ninguém teve seu final feliz ,mas os "vilões " tiveram sua punição, como toda história fictícia sobre amor/justiça idealizada.
mcsangel2's review against another edition
1.0
More like 1.5 stars. Could not get into the story *at all*. I hated the fully narrated style, and the jumping around. Apparently, these are things that were considered groundbreaking, and where the book's reputation comes from. I actually put it down for a couple of weeks at about page 140. I am glad I finally picked it up to finish, because it improved in the last 60 pages - this is where the half star comes in.
jimmypat's review against another edition
5.0
It’s hard to know what to say about this book, other than it is an absolute tour-de-force. Ford is masterful in his use of an unreliable narrator - so much so that you never quite know what has occurred or how much to believe. The book demands a slow pace, that you take your time with it, and by doing so you will be richly rewarded. Highly recommended.
mmelberg's review against another edition
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
sophiesims16's review against another edition
2.0
Narratively, this thing is like the meandering fetus of Catcher in the Rye. Plotwise, it's more like...I don't know, desperate Housewives? With a Fitzgerald twist? I don't know man. Wouldn't recommend.
mkesten's review against another edition
5.0
This was one of the best novels I have ever read. The prose was crystal clear and images as fresh as the day Ford wrote them. Its picture of marriage and infidelity so painful that I wonder if our great contemporary psycho-therapist Esther Perel had not coached Ford in the details. The picture of landed gentry in England is both accurate and piteously satiric. I sit this book next to Elena Ferrante and Evan Connell’s “Mrs. Bridge.”
lvw22's review against another edition
4.0
A literary classic I had missed with the most unreliable narrator ever . . . Definitely one to read slowly, but worth it.