A review by jdylanhughes
The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

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

4.25

I’ve been picking this up and putting it back down again for months now. I’m really glad I stuck with it, and not just for the satisfaction in finishing it.  It’s long and so so boring, but equally incredibly powerful, and has all the precision you’d expect from Eliot. I do hate basically everyone in this (except Bob I love Bob) 

Striking reminder of how little time we get to overthink nowadays. Give Maggie Tulliver a few Instagram reels and none of this book would’ve happened. The 1860s must’ve been rough