989 reviews for:

Jude the Obscure

Thomas Hardy

3.7 AVERAGE

im0gen's review against another edition

4.0

dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

kellyrenea's review against another edition

3.0

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Hard Read

Hardy is definitely a classic author. I love his ability to create such 3 dimensional characters that feel real and that you can care about and understand their desire to better themselves.

But I have a hard time with all the horrid characters who come in and commit atrocities on the main character which ultimately leads to his downfall.

I had a lot of the same feelings with Tess of D’Ubervilles but at least in that novel I feel the heroine was able to fight back somewhat against her horrible situations, although it did ultimately lead to her end. Jude was awarded no such opportunity.

happylilkt's review against another edition

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I am still mulling this one over, so I am not going to give it a rating yet. I can see why this was so controversial when it was published and while I didn't *enjoy* this one as much as some others by Hardy, it has a lot of meat.

sophieroseobooks's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

_bydbach_'s review against another edition

3.75

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

stephjoanne's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

miduhyo's review against another edition

5.0

challenging dark emotional reflective sad slow-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

outcolder's review against another edition

5.0

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I knew Thomas Hardy was hard but this is brutal. For a book that is advocating free love, this mother is cold as ice. The jabs at Oxford are also heartbreaking, if not quite as devastating as the love and marriage stuff. Some working class widows lighten it up with some laughs, though.

hcube3's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

shanehaby's review against another edition

3.5

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes