D. H. Lawrence - The Rainbow

Pros: very in depth, sexuality with a tinge of class

Cons: long and repetitive!!!, also racy, may not be appropriate for all

Review: Anyone who has read this book will identify with the title of this review. Many times, a character in "The Rainbow" would say how they could not stand the characteristics of another, yet they wanted to marry, to get to know better, or to be...

Pros: good use of figurative language making the story thrilling and heart felt

Cons: A bit too much detail in some parts and over writing perhaps not needed

Review: Lawrence's writing is neat, precise and enthralling. He tackles issues of sexual orientation, feminism and womanhood with a delicate yet harsh reality that makes the reader want to read on. He deals with these issues about women in a sensitive way, the...

Pros: Identifying with Ursula and her plight.

Cons: Too many families in a very short time.

Review: The Marsh Farm sets the beginning of the Brangwen family. Quickly, the focus moves to the cottage by the church. The first generation of Brangwen's have a dark bond between them that seems to engulf them and spit them out in some twisted cycle. The...

Pros: Beautiful writing.

Cons: Black hearted, horrible characters, no plot, etc.

The Bottom Line: The Rainbow is a well done novel with no soul, a beautiful sepulcher of deceased hopes and dreams, killed by a bitter author.

Review: D.H. Lawrence’s The Rainbow has been surrounded with shocked scintillation and hyped up hubbub since its banned status in the early 1900s. Rumored as being chocked full of forbidden pleasures, X-rated scenarios, and bubbling brews of ...