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mabelcharlotte 's review for:
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy
The last 30 pages of this book were very moving and pleasing, however despite snippets of the rest of the book being just as good; most of it was a real drag.
Tess of the D'Ubervilles is the (slightly long winded) story of a young girl whom is forced to grow up quicker than most fifteen year olds-even of the time. Her entire life is one of hardship with very little moments of happiness.
While I enjoyed the plot, suspense and foreshadowing (there is no happiness without foreboding in this novel), every time I put the book down I felt drained-instead of excited to continue. That is of course irrelevant as the fact is I simply had to read to the end to find out what became of poor, innocent Tess whom made a lovely female protagonist because she invoked sympathy and admiration within the reader.
Overall however, I have to award Tess of the D'Ubervilles 2.5 stars because when the novel was slow it was a pain to read, which, (similar to the novel) overshadows the good parts greatly.
Tess of the D'Ubervilles is the (slightly long winded) story of a young girl whom is forced to grow up quicker than most fifteen year olds-even of the time. Her entire life is one of hardship with very little moments of happiness.
While I enjoyed the plot, suspense and foreshadowing (there is no happiness without foreboding in this novel), every time I put the book down I felt drained-instead of excited to continue. That is of course irrelevant as the fact is I simply had to read to the end to find out what became of poor, innocent Tess whom made a lovely female protagonist because she invoked sympathy and admiration within the reader.
Overall however, I have to award Tess of the D'Ubervilles 2.5 stars because when the novel was slow it was a pain to read, which, (similar to the novel) overshadows the good parts greatly.