A review by petrauusimaa
Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope

3.0

Doctor Thorne is third part in Chronicles of Barsetshire, bringing completely new characters in the story. Frank Gresham loves Mary Thorne but he must marry for money to stop his family going to ruin. It happens, though, that Mary Thorne is nothing his family wishes Frank's bride to be. There is some secrets about Mary Thorne's birth that are starting to unravel, changing the story completely. The story centers around Mary Thorne and his uncle Doctor Thorne who are both very brilliant and interesting characters. I am slowly starting to appreciate Anthony Trollope more and more as a writer and am very excited to read more by him. His characters are brilliant and colourful but I have to say that I preferred Barchester Towers compared to this. Still, there were parts that I really enjoyed in this book but I wish the story would have been told more in Mary's point of view. I disliked the ending quite a bit too; I found out that everything came together a bit too easily but then again, the ending was very Victorian-like.