karlin0336 's review for:

Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy

3.75

challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I felt so bad for Tess the whole time I was reading this.  This classic was very well written, and a very sad read.  I had to kinda push through the middle of it (it really slowed down after the very beginning), but the ending was a breeze.

I greatly disliked Angel.  His unwillingness to forgive the fact that Tess had been raped, and how he shunned her because of it, was just so unfair.  And don't get me started on Alec.  He was creepy and manipulative and horrible.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal death, Death, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Stalking, Murder, Sexual harassment

Minor: Child death, Infidelity, Death of parent

The rape scene was handled very well in my opinion. The scene wasn't too descriptive or explicit, but you as the reader understood what happened and it wasn't glossed over.