The Loved One by Evelyn Waugh Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Loved One
Book Review: An excellent story with an interesting plot.
Summary: 4 Stars
The Loved One was an interesting book to read during summer vacation. It looked boring at first, but you can't judge a book by its cover. It was a little boring in the beginning, but then it got a lot better towards the middle and end. I would recommend this book to readers that have a good comprehension. The reason I feel the reader of this book needs to have a good comprehension is that at times I found this book difficult to understand. Otherwise, it was a good novel for mature readers.Book Review: An interesting novel, but slow and unwitty.
Summary: 3 Stars
The Loved One was a very interesting book which had it's good and somewhat funny parts. It's questionable though, whether the good parts outnumber the bad. Some of the good parts are when Dennis first meets Aimee' and the times when the book would be describing the parts with Mr. Slump as the Guru Brahmin with his secretary and the other writer. The parts that made me either reread the part over again or just fall asleep were in the beginning when Dennis and Sir Francis were conversing or when Dennis first goes to Whispering Glades. Other parts pretty much just disturbed me. In the long run, the book was well written and it just depends what type of books you like to enjoy this. If your looking for a laugh out loud must read I'm not sure if I would recommend.Book Review: An interesting novel, but slow and unwitty.
Summary: 3 Stars
The Loved One was a very interesting book which had it's good and somewhat funny parts. It's questionable though, whether the good parts outnumber the bad. Some of the good parts are when Dennis first meets Aimee' and the times when the book would be describing the parts with Mr. Slump as the Guru Brahmin with his secretary and the other writer. The parts that made me either reread the part over again or just fall asleep were in the beginning when Dennis and Sir Francis were conversing or when Dennis first goes to Whispering Glades. Other parts pretty much just disturbed me. In the long run, the book was well written and it just depends what type of books you like to enjoy this. If your looking for a laugh out loud must read I'm not sure if I would recommend.Book Review: An interesting story, with an interesting plot.
Summary: 4 Stars
This book shows the hardships and challenges many people face today. Acts of violence, death, and betrayal seem like a normal part of the characters' daily lives. Through this book, I came to realize that death is an inevitable part of life that we must accept.Book Review: Another classic from the English satirists
Summary: 4 Stars
The Loved One is a tale of great hilarity, serving mainly as anecdotal work to the body of Waugh's satirical efforts. It is not as polished or well targeted as some of his other works, particularly "Brideshead" or "A Handful of Dust", though this is largely due to the fact that he is writing about Hollywood rather than the English society with which he was eminently more familiar. With one of the better endings in the top 100 of modern fiction, this book is a must read.