A review by jay_the_hippie
The Warden by Anthony Trollope

4.0

While not a fast moving book (the whole thing is about one disagreement, really) and full of authorial intrusions (which makes it feel rather archaic), this book turned out to be really enjoyable. It took a while to get immersed in the tale -- the author led us with dipping a toe in here and there and then slowly coaxed us into wading in -- but (depite the fact that I prefer to leap right in with a splash) it turned out to be really effective. I knew most of the characters by the time they were starting to act. I really like the Warden himself. His sense of honor, of doing what is correct, is very surprising. I also really liked how the newspaper itself was handled and sicussed. It's funny how the newspaper -- now considered the slow way to get news, for those who have sufficient leisure -- was the fastest horse in the race when this tale happens. The author makes some complaints about how the speed of news is not always for the good. Some of society's problems keep coming around again and again.