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3.69 AVERAGE
3.69 AVERAGE
So much I could say, but it's probably been said elsewhere by someone less sleepy. Totally compelling and thought-provoking themes of the relationship between intelligence and moral judgment, gender and power, and human nature. Also wonderfully rendered characters, extreme drama, and general awesomeness.
Stylistically, it kept surprising me with the beauty of its prose, particularly its descriptions of the characters' inner lives. I also really, really enjoyed the northern English dialect, which is something, because usually dialect makes readers run away in fear. Generally I thought it did a superb job of portraying a small farm community without falling into pastoral cliche. Certain books entitled Tess of the D'Urbervilles had made me assume that I did not like pastoral novels, but in fact in turns out that I simply do not like annoying pastoral novels.
Eliot's first full-length novel, and one of her best that I've read so far. If I was going to criticize it, I would say that the ending was too tidy, but everything did fit together with a pleasing logic. Also, all Dinah's religious speeches were a bit much, but considering that Eliot was agnostic, I don't think she was trying to be preachy.
Of all her books I think I will look most forward to rereading this one.
Stylistically, it kept surprising me with the beauty of its prose, particularly its descriptions of the characters' inner lives. I also really, really enjoyed the northern English dialect, which is something, because usually dialect makes readers run away in fear. Generally I thought it did a superb job of portraying a small farm community without falling into pastoral cliche. Certain books entitled Tess of the D'Urbervilles had made me assume that I did not like pastoral novels, but in fact in turns out that I simply do not like annoying pastoral novels.
Eliot's first full-length novel, and one of her best that I've read so far. If I was going to criticize it, I would say that the ending was too tidy, but everything did fit together with a pleasing logic. Also, all Dinah's religious speeches were a bit much, but considering that Eliot was agnostic, I don't think she was trying to be preachy.
Of all her books I think I will look most forward to rereading this one.
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
slow-paced
dark
emotional
funny
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
DNF
This book caused my reading slump, and thus I put off reading it for a while. Came back to it today and still wasn’t enjoying it. I just don’t think it’s a story for me. I wasn’t invested in the characters or the plot. I don’t even know what happened in the first 62 pages I read? It might be a book I one day come back to, but for now I don’t really feel like finishing it.
This book caused my reading slump, and thus I put off reading it for a while. Came back to it today and still wasn’t enjoying it. I just don’t think it’s a story for me. I wasn’t invested in the characters or the plot. I don’t even know what happened in the first 62 pages I read? It might be a book I one day come back to, but for now I don’t really feel like finishing it.
It's so amazing to read a book that was written almost 200 years ago, and have it be so accurate still, on human nature and on other things as well.
This book is filled with a sad, but beautiful story, and the descriptions of both people and places are extremely rich.
I look forward to working with this book my next semester, and will have a lot of things to say about it, both about the time where it was set, and about contemporary times as well.
I actually read this book twice - and I do have two different editions, one paperback and one kindle.
This book is filled with a sad, but beautiful story, and the descriptions of both people and places are extremely rich.
I look forward to working with this book my next semester, and will have a lot of things to say about it, both about the time where it was set, and about contemporary times as well.
I actually read this book twice - and I do have two different editions, one paperback and one kindle.
I have read this book more than once, and I actually own both the kindle edition and the paperback edition, this is why I have rated it twice.
my full review is under the paperback edition.
my full review is under the paperback edition.
Loveable characters:
Yes