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angelal 's review for:
Silas Marner
by George Eliot
I vacillated between three and four stars on this book, then rounded up because for the most part I really enjoyed it. This is the second book I've read by George Elliot, the first being Adam Bede. For the most part, I enjoyed this book almost as much as I enjoyed Adam Bede. Elliot's writing is beautiful and she has a sense of realism and detail that I find invigorating and often challenging as a reader. What ultimately turned me off of this book was the ending, which felt abrupt and forced. For the first hundred or so pages the story unwinds slowly and masterfully but towards the end it felt like someone told Elliot she had to finish the story off in 20 pages and she listened to them. The ending feels rushed and abrupt, the characters less fully realized at the ending than the beginning. Which is tragic, because I mostly enjoyed this book and really wanted to love it.