ayereads 's review for:

North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell

4.5

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"North and South has both met and made kind o' friends in this big smoky place."

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I love Mr. Dickens but he had the AUDACITY to talk about the length of this book and rush the ending when his own books are no less than 900 pages. Like bro?

North and South is such a different book than I have read from this time. The setting, and the characters are somehow very distinct from the 0ther ones. This book was so good, I stayed up till an ungodly hour to finish this book. I just couldn't put this down.

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Let's talk about my favorite part of the book, Margaret. She is such a good character, strong and soft, determined and gentle, and carries so much responsibility through this book. She is a good character to follow and look into this distinction between the North and South.

"Take care. If you do not speak-I shall claim you as my own in some strange presumptuous way."

The slow-burn romance that was in this book.

Mr. Thornton, the simp you were for this woman (and I could relate, I was like exactly). My only complaint with this book was that I wished there was more interaction between him and Margaret. Their relationship could have been explored a lot more in the book, I mean we did have Thornton thinking about Margaret ALL THE TIME, but they could have had more time together.

Someone write fanfic about these two after the events of the book and ping me after it is done.

We may as well talk about Nicholas Higgins. He was also one of my favorite parts of the book. His gruff exterior with his soft interior was such a delight.

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Will definitely love to reread this at some point.