heathero621 's review for:

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy

3.0

emotional lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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This book is about Gabriel Oak a shepherd who wants too marry this younger woman Bathsheba, but she turns him down.  She ends up getting involved in the lives of a couple of other men meanwhile Gabriel ends up working for her and still pining for her.  This is one of those classical books and they are just boring to me.  I was only reading a certain amount of pages per day of this book and I found that I was falling asleep every single time I would read.  It just wasn't holding my attention.  About halfway through I decided to read a synopsis of this book and once I did that I found that it was keeping my attention more.  Also, the ending gets a bit more exciting.