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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This felt almost like trauma porn. Just one bad thing happening after another. There was so much build up and character development and then it’s just abruptly ends.
challenging
emotional
reflective
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
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
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
adventurous
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
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot tells the story of Tom and Maggie Tulliver whose father owns a mill on the River Floss.
This book is melodramatic along the lines of a Thomas Hardy novel. There are many beautiful and moving passages, almost like asides in a play where George Eliot made social comments and lessons about human nature, love, and life in general. Very nicely written.
The main theme I pulled from this was family relationships - specifically the sibling relationship between Tom and Maggie. They each had their faults, but they were true and devoted to each other until the end.
I really enjoyed this book throughout, although it did get long-winded toward the end with Maggie’s struggles in finding love. The ending of the story was cruel irony.
4 stars. I enjoyed this so much I plan to go back and revisit what I missed in Middlemarch. I wish I had read this Eliot novel first because Middlemarch had put kind of a bad taste in my mouth. Now I understand what all the fuss is about with George Eliot!
This book is melodramatic along the lines of a Thomas Hardy novel. There are many beautiful and moving passages, almost like asides in a play where George Eliot made social comments and lessons about human nature, love, and life in general. Very nicely written.
The main theme I pulled from this was family relationships - specifically the sibling relationship between Tom and Maggie. They each had their faults, but they were true and devoted to each other until the end.
I really enjoyed this book throughout, although it did get long-winded toward the end with Maggie’s struggles in finding love. The ending of the story was cruel irony.
4 stars. I enjoyed this so much I plan to go back and revisit what I missed in Middlemarch. I wish I had read this Eliot novel first because Middlemarch had put kind of a bad taste in my mouth. Now I understand what all the fuss is about with George Eliot!
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
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
The buildup and observation of character is so interesting and well-observed that the abruptness of the ending really feels like a letdown
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
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
I decided to read this book because I bought a poster with 100 books to read in your life. This is book thirty-one on the poster. If you asked me in an hour what this book was about, I couldn’t tell you. Nothing happened.
This book is about Maggie Tulliver and she was brought up at Dorlcote Mill and she worships her brother Tom and is desperate to win the approval of her parents, but her passionate, wayward nature and her fierce intelligence bring her into constant conflict with her family. As she reaches adulthood, the clash between their expectations and her desires is painfully played out as she finds herself torn between her relationships with three very different men: her proud and stubborn brother, a close friend who is also the son of her family’s worst enemy, and a charismatic but dangerous suitor.
This seemed like a love triangle between a woman who is wanting her brother which was creeping me out and them of course because it’s regency drama, her brother’s sworn enemy and then add a random dude who seems sweet enough. But there was just a lot of information in between and none of it was needed. It could have been 200 pages and still been full of drama and everything else but there was just a lot of blab. The point of view changes between Maggie and Tom was hurting my head as it wasn’t clear enough besides Tom working from part two of the book and Maggie complaining left right and centre.
The family dynamic was interesting and how everyone had their own issues, but all came together for their father, I would have liked to see the family grow up as one unit instead of the divide that happened. I liked the regency’s aspect and how the men back in the day actually have to prove their worth to the women by their actions rather than words.
Overall, it was okay, I was hoping for more and didn’t get more. People have said that Middlemarch is one of the better books from George Eliot so we shall see how that goes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Death of parent
Moderate: Infidelity, Racial slurs, Sexism
Minor: Child abuse, Suicidal thoughts
Very enjoyable, I am excited to continue reading George Eliot this book was insanely well crafted and it’s the social commentary and exploration of female anger and passion was truly so empowering to read.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Death of parent