A review by brenticus
Don Juan by Lord George Gordon Byron
adventurous
challenging
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
This is a wild read. Byron is just all over the place. I don't understand half the stuff he's satirizing but his writing is just so lyrical and chill that it's fun to just kind of bob along with the words.
The plot, uh, exists, sort of. Reading about Juan's exploits is fun for the couple of stanzas at a time that Byron can focus on him.
The incompleteness is... unfortunate. It's not that he had drafts left or anything, the story literally just ends on a cliffhanger. So that's weird.
It's just a bizarre read. I was very into it. Byron is weird, I like him.
The plot, uh, exists, sort of. Reading about Juan's exploits is fun for the couple of stanzas at a time that Byron can focus on him.
The incompleteness is... unfortunate. It's not that he had drafts left or anything, the story literally just ends on a cliffhanger. So that's weird.
It's just a bizarre read. I was very into it. Byron is weird, I like him.