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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A delightful and perfect tale of a young man learning about how to live and love from a master of both. A timeless work. Holds up beautifully over 50 years later.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Suicide attempt
adventurous
dark
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
Moderate: Suicide
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
i love how deeply I fell in love with Maude's character! She's such a free-spirited person, you forget that Harold is in love with an 80 year old woman.
Not gonna lie, I cried at the end.
Not gonna lie, I cried at the end.
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
challenging
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Wow. What a hugely unexpected, darkly comic novel. Apparently this was a great movie too. It certainly felt very cinematic as I was reading it.
The novel has a dated but offbeat charm as it explores the tension between youthful nihilism and unshakable optimism. Harold stages elaborate fake suicides to provoke a reaction from his indifferent mother, while Maude gleefully steals cars, rescues trees and teaches Harold how to truly live. Then the relationship boldly shifts from friendship to romance.
for all that this is a fast paced entertaining read, I just wanted the writing to have a bit more heft to it. But it was a delightfully bizarre read.
The narrator was superb.
The novel has a dated but offbeat charm as it explores the tension between youthful nihilism and unshakable optimism. Harold stages elaborate fake suicides to provoke a reaction from his indifferent mother, while Maude gleefully steals cars, rescues trees and teaches Harold how to truly live. Then the relationship boldly shifts from friendship to romance.
for all that this is a fast paced entertaining read, I just wanted the writing to have a bit more heft to it. But it was a delightfully bizarre read.
The narrator was superb.
This is probably the first time that there's a tie with Books vs Movies. Seriously, there's no deviation. The story is a perfect mirror of each other. If you want a nice quick read of of bizarre romance and black morbid humor, then this is for you.