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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
A great commentary on social interaction among members of different social classes. Enjoyed reading it
Well paced writing and a story that draws you into the characters and has a great message.
emotional
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
I read this because it is a favorite of both my grandmother and my dad, but it took me a long time to get into this book. The country dialect is very difficult to follow, and I found it oftentimes unnecessary. When the plot was actually moving, I enjoyed the story, but the plot only seemed to take up a small portion of this book.
While this book is among the most heartwarming I’ve ever read, it’s far from saccharine. Eliot is such an astute observer of human nature—all the little things we say and do and the secret reasons we do them—that the emotional payoff of this little story feels far more legitimately moving than any sort of Hallmark movie bearing similar themes. Her characters all truly come alive and her prose is outstanding. There are certain moments where it feels like some plot holes are present or that the book may even be too brief for its own good, but it’s still just a joy to read.
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!
Böcker som är översatta till svenska är djävulen själv, inte bokens fel denna gång. Skulle inte rekommendera denna översättning till någon.
I had to read it for school. It does have a moral, but it's a slow moving book and I forced myself to read it. I actually watched the film before reading it so I could understand what was going on. I preferred the last part of the book. The two main things that irritated me with this book is that 1) George Eliot (the author) used about ten words when one would do and 2) George Eliot introduced some characters that had absolutely no relevance to the plot or characters.
This was a lovely little book to read, right up my street with the 'lonely old man with a sad backstory is brought back to happiness by a child' trope that I love, and a very digestible book for someone who often struggled with classics and long paragraphs of description. I was slightly disappointed that it took so much of the book to even reach the arrival of Eppie, but I enjoyed it nonetheless.