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A review by bexduck
Far from the Madding Crowd by James Wright, Thomas Hardy
5.0
“It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.”
This sentence is now permanently tattooed onto my soul.
This was my first time reading a Hardy novel, and I was delighted with expert word smithing. I really don't know how else to describe it. He crafts words with such brilliant specificity. Bathsheba is one of my favorite fictional characters, perfectly imperfect. Gabriel Oak is the exact man you'd want to be with. Together they express a partnership of equals. In many ways this book reminded me of Normal People. The trading of capital--be it social, financial, emotional, or spiritual--between Bathsheba and Gabriel parallels what happens between Marianne and Connell. I loved this book. And I will probably bring it up in conversations for at least the rest of my life.
This sentence is now permanently tattooed onto my soul.
This was my first time reading a Hardy novel, and I was delighted with expert word smithing. I really don't know how else to describe it. He crafts words with such brilliant specificity. Bathsheba is one of my favorite fictional characters, perfectly imperfect. Gabriel Oak is the exact man you'd want to be with. Together they express a partnership of equals. In many ways this book reminded me of Normal People. The trading of capital--be it social, financial, emotional, or spiritual--between Bathsheba and Gabriel parallels what happens between Marianne and Connell. I loved this book. And I will probably bring it up in conversations for at least the rest of my life.