A review by abigailoise
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy

4.0

Thomas Hardy writes books that are real, have fascinating and capturing characters, and to be depressing in a way that many other authors don’t even come close to capturing. Similar to Tess of the d’Urbervilles there are some incredibly dark moments in this story which may be unsettling for some. Personally, I share Jude’s mentality much more than other of Hardy’s characters and as such found his interactions and choices worth studying. Additionally, as a depressive cynic, the overall mood here was not off putting and I enjoyed another of Hardy’s immersive experiences into the striving commoner’s psychology of the day.