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A review by lingualibri
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
3.0
*BE YE WARNED: SPOILERS AHEAD*
Allow me to save you from the first half of this book:
Pages 1-30: Hawthorne gets a job working with a bunch of old, lazy dudes. Finds the Scarlet Letter and an accompanying note. Writes novel.
Page 40: Ignominy
Page 50: Ignominy
Page 60: Ignominy
Page 70: Ignominy...and a kid.
Page 80: MORE IGNOMINY
Page 90: You can start reading here.
Hawthorne uses either too much description or not enough substance to make this a pleasant read. In short, "Get to the point, sir." Ultimately, I picked up a library book in the hope that the impeding due date would speed me through what I was already reading. It worked.
I'm sure many women would say either that Hester should have outed Dimmesdale as her baby daddy, or that Dimmesdale should have confessed at the beginning. I don't particularly blame either of them for their actions, though. I would elaborate on this, but at the current moment I am too apathetic about how this story turned out to do so.
So instead, here's what I took away from this book: Own your faults, and let people eventually forgive you. Saying "Yep, that was me. My bad." is ultimately better than keeping it all wrapped up inside of you. If you don't let your shitty human side show, it will literally kill you.
Allow me to save you from the first half of this book:
Pages 1-30: Hawthorne gets a job working with a bunch of old, lazy dudes. Finds the Scarlet Letter and an accompanying note. Writes novel.
Page 40: Ignominy
Page 50: Ignominy
Page 60: Ignominy
Page 70: Ignominy...and a kid.
Page 80: MORE IGNOMINY
Page 90: You can start reading here.
Hawthorne uses either too much description or not enough substance to make this a pleasant read. In short, "Get to the point, sir." Ultimately, I picked up a library book in the hope that the impeding due date would speed me through what I was already reading. It worked.
I'm sure many women would say either that Hester should have outed Dimmesdale as her baby daddy, or that Dimmesdale should have confessed at the beginning. I don't particularly blame either of them for their actions, though. I would elaborate on this, but at the current moment I am too apathetic about how this story turned out to do so.
So instead, here's what I took away from this book: Own your faults, and let people eventually forgive you. Saying "Yep, that was me. My bad." is ultimately better than keeping it all wrapped up inside of you. If you don't let your shitty human side show, it will literally kill you.