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A review by sarahbc93_
Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
3.0
I wanted to like this book more than I ended up actually enjoying it. Actually, the first third wasn’t too bad, but the rest? Oh my.
I think I actually ended up finishing it out of spite because oh it started to drag. Emma is not one of my favourite characters or even on of my least favourite characters. She comes into a category all of her own; people I would cross the street to avoid. How are we supposed to feel sorry for poor Emma who spends the entire novel whinging that she doesn’t live in the heights of luxury, having multiple affairs, lying to her devoted husband, getting the family into debt and ruining herself?
Beats me, but I didn’t. I get the moral of the books is be happy with what you have, but jeez.
I think I actually ended up finishing it out of spite because oh it started to drag. Emma is not one of my favourite characters or even on of my least favourite characters. She comes into a category all of her own; people I would cross the street to avoid. How are we supposed to feel sorry for poor Emma who spends the entire novel whinging that she doesn’t live in the heights of luxury, having multiple affairs, lying to her devoted husband, getting the family into debt and ruining herself?
Beats me, but I didn’t. I get the moral of the books is be happy with what you have, but jeez.