Madame Bovary in Pick-a-Shelf

Feb 01, 2008 Carrie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: re-read, 4-and-a-half-to-5-stars, favorites, classics, gg, spring-tbr

I must say it was excellent. Quite the page turner. I enjoyed Emma's character even when I know I probably shouldn't. But I could relate to her at times. Charles was a fool, who I didn't pity or feel sorry for. At first yes I did, and first I liked his character but, I guess you'll just have to read it for yourselves to understand why I feel the way I do towards him.

If you haven't read this novel you must. ...more

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Nov 15, 2010 Becky rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics, victorian

This was really more of a 3.5 stars for me. I thought the writing was exquisite, but the characters gave me a headache. Also, now I'm imagining a literary celebrity death match between Emma Bovary and Anna Karenina. It's a tough call, but I'm going to give it to Emma for essentially making the same mistake 3 times. ...more

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May 02, 2010 Slayermel rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, classics, 1001-books, 19th-century, stanza

I can only imagine that for its time “Madame Bovary” must have been quite the shocking novel, dealing with the topics of adultery and religion, and I can appreciate the stir it must have caused.

That being said I had a hard time reading the book and it took me quite a while to finish it. Some parts of the book started off very interesting and then seemed to just drag on, add to that the fact that there was nothing about Emma Bovary that I liked. She was a spoiled, self indulgent, mean person and ...more

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Jul 05, 2009 Nicole rated it it was ok

Shelves: 1001-list, audio-book, classics, 2009

Madame Bovary is everything that makes people hide from classic novels. I listened to this on audio, and truly disliked the narration, which I'm sure contributed to my overall feelings, but I was bored to tears with this book. The plot actually had a fair bit of action, with adultary and people out to deceive one another, but it took so long to get to the point, that it lost something. I also didn't care a thing for any of the characters. The only thing that made me happy was each time I finishe ...more

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Aug 01, 2009 Lindsay rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: bookcrossing, z2009, classics, 1001

This book had a strange kind of inevitability, as the characters pathways and desires drove them to their destinies. It was interesting how dissatisfaction and blindness to those around you led to unfortunate consequences where as Homais' desire for power got him what he desired. ...more

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