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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
I don't usually listen to audiobooks, but I did with this one, and I think it was a good choice. If I had read this I think I would have been bogged down trying to look up every footnote. I was able to hear the dialect. Honestly, not my favorite, but I enjoyed more than I had expected to.
This book was recommended to me by someone who had studied it in school, so i had been wary at first; academic novels sometimes being a bit of a trial. However I found this novel incredibly endearing, with a storyline and characters that you grow quite attached to. I often find classical literature hard to understand but this book consisted of very small chapters, making for easy to digest reading. The main character of the book is what really interested me, to the point where I felt so sorry for him I had to keep reading just to see him through to the light at the end of the tunnel!
I read Silas Marner back in 6th grade. It mainly talks about family and love and how you shouldn't judge someone based on rumours and that you should help people as much as you can. Never be greedy and spread love. :)
Eliot's story transported me to a small English village. Early on she asks, "how was a man to be explained unless you at least knew somebody who knew his father and mother?" and I had to laugh, thinking life in a small town hasn't changed much. I'm happy I was prompted to read this as part of a program at the local library. Her writing is vivid and often witty. I enjoyed the setting, characters and plot.
At first, I thought this was slow and a bit boring but as I kept reading, I grew to like Silas more, loved Eppie, and by the end, I thought it was such a sweet story. I was reading 2 other classic books when I started reading this and after a while, this was the one I wanted to read last because I wanted to end with the best. While Silas was the main character, he shared space with many others and they were as interesting by the end as well. This was my first George Eliot book and it won't be my last.
Silas Marner is a classic I hadn't previously read so I was glad when it was given the nod from book club. It received very good marks from nearly all of the members and sparked great conversations about the time period, characterisation and social systems of the day.
Friday 9am book club gave:
9/7/8/7/7/8/7/7
Friday 10:30am book club gave:
5/6/7.3/6.5/4/6/8
Monday Evening Book Club gave:
8/8/8/7/8/8/6/7
Friday 9am book club gave:
9/7/8/7/7/8/7/7
Friday 10:30am book club gave:
5/6/7.3/6.5/4/6/8
Monday Evening Book Club gave:
8/8/8/7/8/8/6/7
Oh my gosh this is definitely a new favourite. It took some getting into, because the first twenty pages or so were about grumpy old men, but once it got going it was stunning. It felt very similar to Thomas Hardy's books, with less description and less dramatic. But the simplicity of the story and the sweet relationship between Silas and Eppie made this book truly heartwarming and lovely to read. My only problem was that it was too short!
Even though I found the narration of this classic a bit erratic and the pace a bit inconsistent, the characters become endearing and the conclusion is charming.
Cute little story! Had to quit reading it for a while because of exams though, which ruined the mood a bit.