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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
Writing: 4.3
Story: 3.5
Overall: 3.91
This was a good and enjoyable read. Tragic story, Jude is one of the most unfortunate lover I can think of in literature. A lot of it is due to his naturally amiability and compassion, which allowed him to succumb to the whims of others. That coupled with the horrid women he was with and his bad luck that threw him into unfavorable circumstances made for a life absent of any true fulfillment and only very brief periods of joy.
Here I thought Jay Gatsby had unlucky/bad taste in women, but Jude has him beat by a mile. Is it because they both have names that start with J?? Who knows.
Moral of the story, being a hopeless romantic in the 1800's can reaaaallly suck.
Story: 3.5
Overall: 3.91
This was a good and enjoyable read. Tragic story, Jude is one of the most unfortunate lover I can think of in literature. A lot of it is due to his naturally amiability and compassion, which allowed him to succumb to the whims of others. That coupled with the horrid women he was with and his bad luck that threw him into unfavorable circumstances made for a life absent of any true fulfillment and only very brief periods of joy.
Here I thought Jay Gatsby had unlucky/bad taste in women, but Jude has him beat by a mile. Is it because they both have names that start with J?? Who knows.
Moral of the story, being a hopeless romantic in the 1800's can reaaaallly suck.
Tragic and painfully sad this novel is still beautiful
challenging
dark
sad
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is one of the darkest and strangest novels about people who can’t fit in to the society they’re born to
Easily one of the best novels I've read in the past year.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
challenging
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Por el título me esperaba que la trama girase más en torno a un personaje vicioso, pero lo que te encuentras es un personaje que se rige por sus propios criterios morales, que chocan con los del resto de la sociedad. Tiene debates filosóficos y teológicos interesantes, aunque al final tanta miseria me ha resultado un poco opresiva.
Profoundly melancholy and revolutionary.
When Debbie Soule heard that we were going to Dorset, she loaned me her favorite Hardy novel. I thought it would be like Jane Austen or George Eliot, but it’s an interesting hybrid of them and James Joyce or Virginia Wolff.