lfro2013 's review for:

Middlemarch by George Eliot

4.0

funny hopeful tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I quite liked this. It's extremely long but I did find myself very invested from the off, and you can't blame the victorians for writing tremendously long novels when they had nothing else to occupy their time with than reading. I found all the characters very well drawn and interesting, they all felt quite real, and the only thing that really taxed my patience was the political chatter and subplots. I just don't care about that. Loved Dorothea though, what a woman.