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A review by ssofia_reads
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
3.0
This is by far the longest audiobook I've ever taken on (36h) and although I'm feeling a little exhausted and glad it's done, there is a slight melancholy feeling too as I think about leaving these characters behind.
I greatly enjoyed Eliot's writing and although the book mainly consists of descriptions and characters' thoughts rather than anyone actually doing anything, I liked the book from a language perspective. You get to know the characters intimately as you are privy to all their thoughts (which social rules often prevent them from sharing with each other). Some characters are more interesting than others and I did occasionally get bored when the characters I wasn't particularly attached to took centre stage for several consecutive chapters. The book progresses extremely slowly and although the individual, seemingly separate strands of narrative do come together to form a coherent whole, I did lose interest occasionally when the story ended up in a bit of a rabbit hole (but I couldn't face quitting because I was already several hours in!).
Eliot raises a lot of societal, political and religious issues, and seeing these from the perspective of the different characters was intriguing. However, I feel like this leisurely pace detracted me from really comprehending the work as a whole and although I haven't come away disliking the book per se, I feel like I am failing to appreciate the intricacies and the significance of Eliot's work on this occasion.
I greatly enjoyed Eliot's writing and although the book mainly consists of descriptions and characters' thoughts rather than anyone actually doing anything, I liked the book from a language perspective. You get to know the characters intimately as you are privy to all their thoughts (which social rules often prevent them from sharing with each other). Some characters are more interesting than others and I did occasionally get bored when the characters I wasn't particularly attached to took centre stage for several consecutive chapters. The book progresses extremely slowly and although the individual, seemingly separate strands of narrative do come together to form a coherent whole, I did lose interest occasionally when the story ended up in a bit of a rabbit hole (but I couldn't face quitting because I was already several hours in!).
Eliot raises a lot of societal, political and religious issues, and seeing these from the perspective of the different characters was intriguing. However, I feel like this leisurely pace detracted me from really comprehending the work as a whole and although I haven't come away disliking the book per se, I feel like I am failing to appreciate the intricacies and the significance of Eliot's work on this occasion.