A review by water_and_shade
Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence

reflective slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

As far as classics go, I found Lady Chatterley's Lover to be quite easy to read. I enjoyed the themes of industrialisation, class divide, wealth disparity, sexism and fidelity throughout. It is SAUCY and I can see why it cause such a stir at its time of publication, also was unaware of, and surprised by, the explicit language which I think added to the theme of class divide. Very interesting reading up about the Lady Chatterley trial and the implications it had for freedom of speech in the UK publishing industry. Very cool to see discussion of women's pleasure in a 100 year old book, clearly DH Lawrence was ahead of his time in this regard. Overall, a classic I enjoyed and can appreciate for it's influence on modern literature - I will be adding Sons and Lovers and Women in Love to my TBR. 
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