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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
Oh boy, that Jude sure was obscure, am I right folks?
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
a charming tragedy of two flakey people, framed around the institution of marriage.
I would recommend Jude the Obscure, as it was to me by a professor who called it his best work. How often are these sort of male writers able to write their best works at the end of their lives. Dostoevsky's Brother Karamazov for example (Magarshack transl.) What I found irritating in the book is exactly what is wrong in our society. All the phaffing and ambulating is remarkable. The social critique and accommodation makes the work important. When a character lights his cigarette with the stove top gas jet, I stood still musing, "NOT so long ago......" I harbor quite a complex feeling about all the characters, I am particularly a bit more lenient to the older Arabella. Some other readers' flashes of exclamation about being "Hardy-broken", and "book scarred" serve, I believe, to scintillate curiosity towards an important book of social critique. I felt equipped to manage the emotional turmoil and narrative events in merit of having experienced the Medea in theatre several times, (once even as a New Year's Eve event). Then there are Antigone, "The Color Purple" book and film, "Herzog" not to mention life experience, and the work I do, which includes reading and training. Oh yes, the ills of our socialisation, they are here until we step away from dominance-socialisation. Androcracy Kills.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
sad
sad
slow-paced
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
I've never disliked a book as much as this book. It was a long time ago I studied it but I still have a visceral reaction when I think about this book. I love English literature and honestly I can't remember why I hate this book so much. However, I know I hate it and I am not willing to waste my time to re-read it to find out why.