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Lorna Doone by R.D. Blackmore

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hungerford's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional reflective 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? It's complicated

4.0

tomleetang's review against another edition

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3.0

A bloated affair, set amidst the wild beauty of 17th-century Exmoor, that is not without a certain charm. The author stays staunchly true to the spirit and lingo of his chosen era and setting - though some of the narrator's sexist attitudes are hard to stomach even as social commentary.

kimelsalvador's review against another edition

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1.0

Another old fashioned genre of books and wow was it hard to get into. There really wasn't anything that particularly gripped me or pulled me in to keep reading this. I hate to leave books unfinished otherwise I probably would have stopped this one quite near to the start. I kept going in hope of something more interesting to my taste but it really wasn't my kind of book at all. There are some romantic parts though so those parts I do enjoy but the rest: farming, wrestling, fighting... really not my thing.

silver_illusion's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced

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

3.0

carriedoodledoo's review against another edition

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3.0

All right so. 60%-ish of the way through this book, I wanted to give up. I put it back on my "to read" shelf and returned the book to the library. But I couldn't stop thinking about the characters! Yeah, it gets slow in parts (I really don't care about John Ridd going to London), but that's the story! John Is the narrator, and he puts in all the parts that are important to him. The atmosphere and descriptions really bring the reader into the world.

This is a reread for me, and I like it. A classic of English literature, that's a swashbuckling romance. I wish Blackamore had written "The Adventures of Tom Faggus"!

rosepoldark's review against another edition

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3.75

Hmm, i enjoyed it but some of i didnt seem to catch, i think i would understand it better on a reread. I enjoyed some parts better than others, but most of all i think it was more vibe than plot, though there is a plot.