Hm. I think maybe it's because you've read the book before, as Tom admitted.
Legolas Send a noteboard - 25/01/2011 09:40:36 PM
I thought the opposite. I found that after setting up all the dominoes, he just set them in motion. It might seem overly quick compared to the previous hundreds of pages of buildup, but it didn't feel rushed at all to me. As for the head beating, I thought that after subtly portraying the baseness of these characters that it was fitting to see these snakes as they slithered out of their dens when Emma became entrapped. It was quick, sudden, and yet totally in character with what we saw of the characters.
Lheureux and Rodolphe, certainly, those are clearly untrustworthy from the start. But Homais and the priest? I didn't see those levels of callousness and baseness in them until the ending, they were merely pompous and a bit egocentric. But of course, if you know how it ends, you might read them differently.
And then the final sentences about little Berthe, that was just too much.

/Discussion: Madame Bovary
20/01/2011 06:22:50 PM
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Re: /Review: Madame Bovary
20/01/2011 07:20:36 PM
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Emma didn't try to transcend her world. She tried to escape it. And she failed. Miserably.
21/01/2011 06:25:36 AM
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I agree with much of what you say.
20/01/2011 07:57:57 PM
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I'm glad to hear that the read wasn't easy for you, either.
21/01/2011 06:30:00 AM
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Yeah, I think it's safe to say some of those words would give even native speakers pause.
21/01/2011 06:37:02 PM
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I want to read two more "serious" works before skipping over to Druon.
22/01/2011 06:03:09 PM
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Ambitious.
22/01/2011 06:26:59 PM
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Re: Ambitious.
25/01/2011 06:20:12 PM
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I'm halfway through the second part now
20/01/2011 11:58:01 PM
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My thoughts
24/01/2011 06:48:13 AM
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Never beats the reader across the head, eh?
So what do you make of the ending?
24/01/2011 10:39:06 PM
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The ending fits with the rest of the book, I believe
24/01/2011 11:04:02 PM
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Hm. I think maybe it's because you've read the book before, as Tom admitted.
25/01/2011 09:40:36 PM
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Your comments are one of the reasons I've sworn off translations.
25/01/2011 05:50:33 PM
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