A review by wolfsonarchitect
A Laodicean: A Story of Today by Thomas Hardy

4.0

This is a book for architects like me who enjoy melodramas. There’s a lot of admiring medieval architecture and even an architectural competition. Hardy is good in writing novels about strong women and this protagonist, Paula Power is a good one. She has money which makes all the difference in these marriage novels. The book is stronger in the first half and then drags a little before getting to a satisfying ending.