Reviews

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith

siniyananas's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious relaxing medium-paced

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

5.0

Помимо всех прочих достоинств, у книги невероятный перевод на русский. Уж не знаю, повлияло ли это на мое впечатление, но я не нашла для себя ни одного минуса

chabelareads's review against another edition

emotional tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

hein's review against another edition

lighthearted reflective slow-paced

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

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Forced institutionalization, and Death of parent

amwham's review against another edition

dark emotional funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

beagle_reads's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.0

tordoffgrace's review against another edition

funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

schmilda's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes

4.0

kira323's review against another edition

This book at times was hilarious and nostalgic, but it ended up going in a direction I found really frustrating!!

beingfacetious's review against another edition

This book was lovely and Cassandra was lovely and I'm glad to have read it. I think 3 vs. 4 or 5 stars mainly because the things I expected or wanted to happen kept not happening, not in ways that were exciting but in ways that make me think I just never quite caught on to how I was supposed to read this book.

Spoiler

Like...a 30ish-year-old man inviting his 17-year-old almost-sister-in-law over alone and dancing with her and kissing her while repeatedly calling her a child is Bad News in my world, Contemporary YA world, so I read a large portion of this book wondering if Simon was meant to be The Bad Guy of the book, and I don't think I was supposed to???

I struggle generally with stories set in the early 20th century because I am such a millennial plebe, so I do think the lack of intense love is my own failing, since I did love the writing and many of the characters. DADS, for one thing. tl;dr I know that this book is beautiful and wonderful, but I don't necessarily feel it.

nadinehz's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

4.5