Reviews for History Of Education

The average rating for History Of Education based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-11-29 00:00:00 Alan Walton Well, as two stars denotes, this was okay. It did what I intended it to do, which was to teach me what the Fabian Society was about. It wasn't deeply interesting, it lacked character development, and there were no sex scenes. I thought he was supposed to have been a teen idol. Yes, I'm kidding. He wasn't even that cute.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-01-07 00:00:00 Hansel Q Alford Another book I read because of Milan Kundera, I found it divided in two parts, both free, Kindle edition. I had already read Madame Bovary by Flaubert and, although I found it a bit strange, it was fun. On the other hand this one... well... I'm not very convinced. The story is about Frederick who is in love with an older, married woman, and because he can't be with her, he gets involved in other love relationships, etc. While you're finding out about his love stories, you find out about his friends, all the messes he causes while trying to get money and better his status and reputation and the French Revolution. The thing is, I think the book is too slow. Even if it is not too long, there are chapters that seem many chapters condensed in one due to the amount of themes and episodes they talk about. Also, there are times when you're reading for a long time and nothing happens, as if you were just following the characters senselessly around. Frederick is a dislikable character because all his decisions are those of an idiot, and he deserves all that happens to him. Maybe that is why the book's name includes the word "education", because he's supposed to be learning, but anyway... I don't know, it's not enough. The good parts happen when the revolution begins, and not particularly because they affect the characters and the reader is very involved with them, but because they explain the causes and circumstances a bit better, and since the book was written quite a while ago, I may suppose that, being closer to the event, maybe Flaubert's version is more truthful than what one can read in history books. I know the book is a classic and his writer is considered one of the best of his times, but I am not surprised that is not his most known work. I am glad I read it just to know a bit more about his work and follow the advice of Milan Kundera, but that's it. Besides that, it is one of the books that have passed through my life without making a change.