A review by jocelynw
Romola by George Eliot

3.0

Only George Eliot's incredible gift with interiority could get me to wade through this much political intrigue. I avoid looking for plot summaries, because it tends to ruin my pleasure in reading, but I probably would have been better served by doing so here, with all the maneuvering taking place. If the book were comprised of just the Romola/Tito/Baldassare/Tessa chapters, that would have gotten five stars from me. I love Eliot's habit (see also Arthur Donnithorne, because I read Adam Bede most recently) of having a character do one slightly questionable, easily recoverable thing that they have the opportunity to amend but don't that makes you think, "Oh dear - well" and then she sloooooowly spins that out into their downfall.