A review by kerryanndunn
The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy

4.0

Oh Thomas Hardy, you illustrator of pain and suffering, you dogged chronicler of life's tragedies and sadness. Poor Susan. Poor Elizabeth-Jane. Poor Lucetta. Poor Farfrae. And poor, poor Henchard. It seems strange that I enjoyed this book as much as I did considering how it revels in pain. But I did. Thomas Hardy is an interesting writer and I enjoy his odd narrative stylings. I find all his characters very well drawn even the minor ones. The only squabble I have, and it's an unfair one, is that if you've read any Hardy at all you kind of know how it's going to end because they all end the same. This one especially was easy to plot out. But all in all, it was still a very enjoyable read!