Reviews - Far from the Madding Crowd

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Far from the Madding Crowd

Thomas Hardy

3.85 AVERAGE

amberelgee's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

cchan1120's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

skittles0313's review against another edition

3.0

hardy: bathsheba is an independent strong woman who don't need no man

bathsheba: *marries the first good looking guy she sees*

kate_kd's review against another edition

4.25

emotional lighthearted medium-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

karlswhy's review

4.0

medium-paced

caity23444's review against another edition

5.0

I just loved this novel. For one, Bathsheba is fierce. She actually really reminds me of Anne Bronte's Helen Graham. Hardy addresses the issues women face in this time period just as well as he did in Tess of the D'Urbervilles which made me extremely happy. Also I felt like Hardy really manipulated me throughout the book, making me like certain suitors at certain times which I didn't expect at all. I thought I would like one more than the rest but Hardy made me prefer the man who he wanted me to prefer for that point in the story. The setting was lovely and I had heard a lot of people complaining that the descriptions of the scenery were far too long but I completely disagree, I thought Hardy wrote them perfectly. This book was just stunning, I can't wait to read more of his work.