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A review by laurenjpegler
The Return of the Native by Nancy Barrineau, Thomas Hardy
2.0
Not my favourite Hardy by any means.
I found this one a little boring. It could have been told in half the page count. Not a lot happened and, for the most part, it was pure waffle, which, of course, is not fun to read. I thought Eustacia being considered a witch was quite an interesting thing to do in terms of plot and characterisation - it was Hardy to a T. However, I found that it was left unexplored in areas, and thus a little disappointing. Hardy could have definitely drawn that out, especially the town's superstition, and it would have improved the reading experience drastically.
Yeh, just a little bland, to be honest.
I found this one a little boring. It could have been told in half the page count. Not a lot happened and, for the most part, it was pure waffle, which, of course, is not fun to read. I thought Eustacia being considered a witch was quite an interesting thing to do in terms of plot and characterisation - it was Hardy to a T. However, I found that it was left unexplored in areas, and thus a little disappointing. Hardy could have definitely drawn that out, especially the town's superstition, and it would have improved the reading experience drastically.
Yeh, just a little bland, to be honest.