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3.85 AVERAGE
3.85 AVERAGE
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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:
Yes
Actually can't believe I finished this book this quickly ðŸ˜
Unlike the general consensus, I actually came to understand and empathize with Bathsheba. It was especially hard to assert independence and individual rights as a woman in the 1800s and the fear of having that taken away from you in favor of a more conventional life under a husband would be terrifying. I also empathize with her mistakes! It was mostly typical misguided early twenties mistakes, only her circumstances didn't leave any room for her to make them, poor girl should've been at the club.
I also love that her love for Gabriel developed over years of friendship and camaraderie, to where when they actually got married they fit each other like a glove because they'd been working side by side for so long. It was really sweet actually :')
+ I don't!! feel bad for Boldwood! In retrospect he was a maniacal creep projecting on a girl that was young enough to be his daughter and knowingly putting the weight of his sanity on her shoulders to coerce her into taking him.. yuck.
Unlike the general consensus, I actually came to understand and empathize with Bathsheba. It was especially hard to assert independence and individual rights as a woman in the 1800s and the fear of having that taken away from you in favor of a more conventional life under a husband would be terrifying. I also empathize with her mistakes! It was mostly typical misguided early twenties mistakes, only her circumstances didn't leave any room for her to make them, poor girl should've been at the club.
+ I don't!! feel bad for Boldwood! In retrospect he was a maniacal creep projecting on a girl that was young enough to be his daughter and knowingly putting the weight of his sanity on her shoulders to coerce her into taking him.. yuck.
adventurous
emotional
relaxing
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
This book shows playing the long game works as long as you remain stoic loyal and a decent human being. Bathsheba may be impulsive and crazy sometimes but she ain't stupid. Boldwood is off the rocker and he needs to go jerk himself off to relieve his horniness. Troy is like this novel's Wickham but less evil.
Hardy being an English man himself depicts the English countryside like no other English author has done. It feels lush and pastorale, like I'm in a Vaughan Williams or Edward Elgar piece. His descriptions of the countryside are deeply poetic but never excessively verbose.
Hardy being an English man himself depicts the English countryside like no other English author has done. It feels lush and pastorale, like I'm in a Vaughan Williams or Edward Elgar piece. His descriptions of the countryside are deeply poetic but never excessively verbose.
dark
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
After what seems like an eternity... finally finished this book! It's a long and sometimes tedious read, but I do love Gabriel Oak
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
slow-paced
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This is my first experience with Thomas Hardy, and the man loves his pastoral descriptions. One of the perks of adulthood and reading for pleasure, though, is the ability to skip whatever passages I want, guilt-free. So I did. Tucked inside the paragraphs of lengthy description I found a surprisingly fast-moving plot about Bathsheba Everdeen and her three (!) suitors. Each is so different and could offer her different things; we watch her try to figure out her own mind and whether she even wants to marry at all. The course doesn't run smooth, and at times you want to smack her for not seeing who the right choice obviously is. But the ending is hard-earned by the characters and comes to a rewarding and sweet conclusion. Liked it.
An inspiring story about escaping from the friend zone against all odds
emotional
medium-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