A review by cpcabaniss
Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope

4.0

"There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel."

This second book in the Chronicles of Barchester series was excellent. It was slow in the beginning, as things were being setup, and I was worried it would get too bogged down in the inner workings of the church, which I don't know a lot about, but that was not the case. There was a lot about the church, but there was much more than that.

Trollope has a way of writing characters that I despise but that I'm also curious about. There were few characters in this story that I truly liked, but even those that I hated I wanted to know more about. They were so well done.

If you like classic novels at all and haven't tried any Trollope, give these a try. They're fascinating and fun reads.