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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
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.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Harold is 19, Maude is 79. What is age other than a number?
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I’m not a big fan of novelizations, but when I learned Harold and Maude was based on a play and later novelized after the film (and by the screenwriter!), well, I had to read it. It reads like a novelization, but if you’re not familiar with the movie I don’t think you could tell, if somehow that all makes sense. It’s really beautiful and you get some motivations of Harold and Maude that you just can’t get in a movie. Even knowing the ending, I teared up. It’s really well done.
82/2021 Otra novela muy cortita que me ha entusiasmado.
Harold tiene 19 años (según su madre, ya tiene edad para casarse) y se entretiene en escenificar falsos suicidios para asustar a su madre. Maude tiene 79 y vive alocadamente, le gusta ir a entierros y robar coches.
Y un día se conocen y van a vivir una historia preciosa, con un puntito un poco creepy y también un poco triste.
Me he reído bastante porque humor negro a tope. Muy bien
Harold tiene 19 años (según su madre, ya tiene edad para casarse) y se entretiene en escenificar falsos suicidios para asustar a su madre. Maude tiene 79 y vive alocadamente, le gusta ir a entierros y robar coches.
Y un día se conocen y van a vivir una historia preciosa, con un puntito un poco creepy y también un poco triste.
Me he reído bastante porque humor negro a tope. Muy bien