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A review by sinceremercy
Pamela by Samuel Richardson
4.0
I quite like Pamela and am a little surprised by the apparent widespread dislike for the title character, who is in my opinion considerably less annoying than the average 15-16 year old girl.
I find the novel to be Unfortunately Plausible and maybe has extra relevance today in the "#MeToo era" or whatever you want to call it.
B----- remains terrible all the way through and his "reformation" is not at all satisfying but that too is realistic. I am impressed by Richardson's ability to convincingly write both a teenage girl who is being abused and a horrible abusive man who, even when he is "better", does not in any way become a different person. From a psychological point of view all of the characters are impressively realistic and consistent in my opinion although this seems to be a controversial one.
I find the novel to be Unfortunately Plausible and maybe has extra relevance today in the "#MeToo era" or whatever you want to call it.
B----- remains terrible all the way through and his "reformation" is not at all satisfying but that too is realistic. I am impressed by Richardson's ability to convincingly write both a teenage girl who is being abused and a horrible abusive man who, even when he is "better", does not in any way become a different person. From a psychological point of view all of the characters are impressively realistic and consistent in my opinion although this seems to be a controversial one.