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Sons and Lovers

D.H. Lawrence

Start date: September 1, 2015

Finish date: September 30, 2015

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Dec 20, 2016 Cecily rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: class-etiquette, love-not-soppy-romance, historical-fict-20th-cent, classics

I started the year transfixed by the visceral floral and fiery passion of Lawrence's The Rainbow (my review HERE). Its rich earth ripened buds of promise into irresistible blooms of vibrant delicacy. But reading this at the end of the year, I felt more like I'd been dragged through barren mud. Perhaps that’s fitting for the story of a miner’s family.

There is lyrical imagery and “caressive” talk (see quotes, below), but far too much plodding Janet-and-John prose, and characters who infuriated me ...more

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Sep 01, 2013 Anna Tatelman rated it it was ok

After being rendered speechless by the power of Lawrence's Lady Chatterly's Lover, I had similiar expectations for this novel -- expectations that, unfortunately, fell completely flat. What happened to all of Lawrence's profound and yet lush words? his extraordinary ability to show rather than merely tell? his great momentum in not only propelling a plot forward, but his characters, too? his ability to follow through to the end with promises and threats made at the novel's opening? Because all o ...more

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