erin_oriordan_is_reading_again's review
3.0
It's a good story, but the book disappoints overall because Bigsby's writing style is not equal to Hawthorne's highly symbolic original. I wrote in my journal on January 10, 1995, "The author does get a little Hawthorne-ish in some places: uses symbols like the red sun over the white sea, and Dimmesdale's handprint on Hester's white dress; a kind of narrator who addresses the characters ("Tell me, Hester, could it be...") etc. But the way a 20th-century English man writes is very different from how a 19th-century American writes; the difference is not only noticeable but disappointing." I was 17 when I read this, and I'd read [b:The Scarlet Letter|12296|The Scarlet Letter|Nathaniel Hawthorne|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327879100s/12296.jpg|4925227] the first time approximately one year before (and reread it immediately before starting the prequel).
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