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A review by eenaah
Matilda by Mary Shelley
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
🍂 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒕; 𝑰 𝒃𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒃𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 𝒂 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒚𝒆𝒅?
Such an intense and beautiful read. Shelly's writing is so poetic - it's so beautiful almost makes you forget the tragic plot. Hauntingly beautiful. The story follows Matilda, a young woman isolated by her grief and circumstance. The story explores the relationship between her and her father - who happens to develop incestuous feelings for her. And as the story unfolds - a tragedy also unfolds. The book explores the complexity of their relationship and the weight of unspeakable emotions and actions.
🔸"𝘖𝘩, 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳! 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘸 𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴."
🔸"𝘛𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘦! – 𝘎𝘰! – 𝘉𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯! 𝘉𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘦! 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸; 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴! 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘥 𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯."
Matilda lets the grief take control of her and lives a guilt ridden life waiting for death.
🔸“𝑰 𝒈𝒐 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.”
𝙁𝙖𝙫 𝙌𝙪𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨:
✯“𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆, 𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉. 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒇 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆; 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒊𝒇 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒖𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒘 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒕.”
✯“𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔; 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓: 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓; 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒎 𝑰, 𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒔, 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒕 - 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓”
✯“𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇; 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆.”
Such an intense and beautiful read. Shelly's writing is so poetic - it's so beautiful almost makes you forget the tragic plot. Hauntingly beautiful. The story follows Matilda, a young woman isolated by her grief and circumstance. The story explores the relationship between her and her father - who happens to develop incestuous feelings for her. And as the story unfolds - a tragedy also unfolds. The book explores the complexity of their relationship and the weight of unspeakable emotions and actions.
🔸"𝘖𝘩, 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳! 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘐 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐 𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘣𝘰𝘸 𝘨𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘮𝘴 𝘶𝘱𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴."
🔸"𝘛𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦, 𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘐 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘦! – 𝘎𝘰! – 𝘉𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘢𝘨𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘯𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯! 𝘉𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘣𝘴 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘦! 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘯𝘰𝘸; 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘬 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴! 𝘓𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘥 𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘣𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘥; 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘢, 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴, 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯."
Matilda lets the grief take control of her and lives a guilt ridden life waiting for death.
🔸“𝑰 𝒈𝒐 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒍𝒅 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐 𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓.”
𝙁𝙖𝙫 𝙌𝙪𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨:
✯“𝑯𝒆 𝒔𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒐𝒑𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒊𝒎, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑰 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆, 𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒉 𝒆𝒒𝒖𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒇𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉. 𝑳𝒆𝒕 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒚 𝒊𝒇 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒎𝒆; 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒔 𝑰 𝒇𝒆𝒂𝒓 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒊𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒏𝒆, 𝒊𝒇 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒖𝒔 𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒘 𝒉𝒊𝒎𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇 𝒎𝒚 𝒇𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒅 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒆𝒓 𝒎𝒚 𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒎𝒊𝒕.”
✯“𝑫𝒐 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒌 𝒎𝒚 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔; 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓: 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒚 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒕, 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑰 𝒂𝒎 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓; 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒎 𝑰, 𝒋𝒐𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒔, 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒕 - 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓”
✯“𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝑰 𝒃𝒆 𝒎𝒚𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇; 𝒊𝒏 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒖𝒅𝒆 𝑰 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒆.”