1.34k reviews for:

Silas Marner

George Eliot

3.53 AVERAGE

thegrandnarrative's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense 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: No

emelara's review against another edition

4.25

emotional hopeful inspiring sad tense 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

hannaholman's review against another edition

3.75

emotional tense medium-paced

simonalvey's review against another edition

4.0

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A book which is an excellent evocation of myth and fairy tale, as well as the moment of the Industrial Revolution, but the actual story didn't thril.

gwyneira's review against another edition

5.0

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In Dickens' hands, Silas Marner would have been what many people condemn it as: a soppy, sentimental Victorian story of a man redeemed by love. (I'm not necessarily slamming Dickens here; I appreciate him, but I love Eliot much more.) In Eliot's hands, it's beautifully warm and human, without being mawkishly sentimental.

authorjbr's review against another edition

5.0

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Adorable and surprisingly dark for what the description said. What a baller ending to a first chapter.

It’s been a while since I’ve read something written before 1900 and it is a little slow but feels so good to my soul. 

Reminds me a little of Les Miserables with a dash of Dickens and Tolstoy. Altogether, I loved it. Time for me to put Middlemarch higher on my TBR list. 

vanhelsingsgoth's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional lighthearted sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hamletmouse's review against another edition

4.25

hopeful 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

hazioli's review against another edition

4.0

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For the first 100 pages or so I was worried I wouldn’t like this book at all, it sprung back and forth between incredible descriptions of characters and details that felt drawn out. But as the plot really continued I enjoyed this book a lot and found myself very invested in the characters. The characters connections and emotions feel incredibly modern for a book over 150 years old. 

kmgriffin02's review against another edition

3.0

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ummmm who else is bored? raise ur hand if you're bored