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A review by penguin_emperor_of_the_north
Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
3.0
That was a good book and the story was definitely worth telling but the writing style was so dang slow paced that it was boring to read. You know that old style of writing where they talk in a circle for paragraphs at a time? That.
And the middle third was the most difficult in that regard. Partly because the plot felt directionless and was really meandering. Which might've been met to parallel how Tess was feeling, come to think of it.
But it was a story worth telling. I think it'd be pretty obvious what a piece of shit Alec whatever-his-last-name is and Angel is a jerk-off too for his double standard with Tess but the person who I really despised in here was Tess's dad. Mostly because I went in expecting to despise the first two but her dad surprised me.
See he gets drunk a few hours before he's supposed to go on a trip to sell some beehives. Since he's passed out, his 15-16 year old daughter takes on the task and since she's inexperienced driving the horse the horse is inadvertently killed which puts the family in the financial straits that leads to Tess's parents sending her to Alec's clutches.
And he didn't play a huge role in the plot after that but dang, that pissed me off. You're a dad, supporting your family comes a long way before reminiscing on family honor and a hell of a long way before drinking.
And the middle third was the most difficult in that regard. Partly because the plot felt directionless and was really meandering. Which might've been met to parallel how Tess was feeling, come to think of it.
But it was a story worth telling. I think it'd be pretty obvious what a piece of shit Alec whatever-his-last-name is and Angel is a jerk-off too for his double standard with Tess but the person who I really despised in here was Tess's dad. Mostly because I went in expecting to despise the first two but her dad surprised me.
See he gets drunk a few hours before he's supposed to go on a trip to sell some beehives. Since he's passed out, his 15-16 year old daughter takes on the task and since she's inexperienced driving the horse the horse is inadvertently killed which puts the family in the financial straits that leads to Tess's parents sending her to Alec's clutches.
And he didn't play a huge role in the plot after that but dang, that pissed me off. You're a dad, supporting your family comes a long way before reminiscing on family honor and a hell of a long way before drinking.