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A review by librariandest
Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
4.0
This took me forever to finish! Hoo-boy. I'm proud of myself for sticking with it. When I was about 70% finished I decided to just watch the BBC miniseries. But when I finished the miniseries, I wanted to go back and finish the book. It's so slow, it's almost meditative. The audiobook narrator was great. Other things I liked about this book:
1. Daniel Deronda is a super appealing hero. Very crush-worthy if you like lawful good types. His whole thing is empathy!
2. Gwendolyn Harleth is obnoxious at first, but then she goes on a real journey of self-discovery. And then she's obnoxious is a totally different way. All you can do is feel sorry for her. It's 144 years since this book's publication and it's still a thing that beautiful women are treated like their beauty gives them power. But does it? In Gwendolyn's case, it leads to suffering.
3. Spoiler alert (lol, this book came out 144 years ago) but Deronda's mother is great character even though she only has two scenes. Favorite quote: “You are not a woman. You may try—but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's force of genius in you, and yet to suffer the slavery of being a girl.” Damn.
1. Daniel Deronda is a super appealing hero. Very crush-worthy if you like lawful good types. His whole thing is empathy!
2. Gwendolyn Harleth is obnoxious at first, but then she goes on a real journey of self-discovery. And then she's obnoxious is a totally different way. All you can do is feel sorry for her. It's 144 years since this book's publication and it's still a thing that beautiful women are treated like their beauty gives them power. But does it? In Gwendolyn's case, it leads to suffering.
3. Spoiler alert (lol, this book came out 144 years ago) but Deronda's mother is great character even though she only has two scenes. Favorite quote: “You are not a woman. You may try—but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's force of genius in you, and yet to suffer the slavery of being a girl.” Damn.