A review by monikapuff
Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
2.0
I just can't with this book! It made me so angry, and if I wanted to hit everyone in Wuthering Heights, I have a strong wish to murder everyone in Tess Of the D'Urbervilles.
First, I just can't understand Tess' mother and father: is money and status really that important they so easily said buy to their teenage daughter, who had no idea what word is like, and send her off in clutches of man they have never met?! Answer is yes, unfortunately. And they didn't get any better.
Second, I felt so bad for Tess in the beginning, she was young and naive, and Alec was a real douche and jerk. But she didn't learn almost anything from her experience! She left, again, in order to pay back to her family 'for troubles she caused them', blamed herself for everything and anything, thought she deserved whatever punishment Angel thought of for her 'betrayal', had no self-respect and no sense of self-preservation... I mean, give that girl a break. But still, I couldn't understand some of her actions and thoughts.
Third, Angel, that hypocritical bastard! He should've died in Brasil, honestly. I don't even wanna waste space on him. He doesn't deserve it. He's as bad as Alec.
I really, really can't understand Victorian society in some ways, I can't get into their state of mind because I don't get how people can be so uptight, judgemental, sexist... but wait, it still happens! Society still blames and judge victims, it is never the abuser's fault... So, after two centuries, this topic is still relevant and the problem hasn't been solved.
First, I just can't understand Tess' mother and father: is money and status really that important they so easily said buy to their teenage daughter, who had no idea what word is like, and send her off in clutches of man they have never met?! Answer is yes, unfortunately. And they didn't get any better.
Second, I felt so bad for Tess in the beginning, she was young and naive, and Alec was a real douche and jerk. But she didn't learn almost anything from her experience! She left, again, in order to pay back to her family 'for troubles she caused them', blamed herself for everything and anything, thought she deserved whatever punishment Angel thought of for her 'betrayal', had no self-respect and no sense of self-preservation... I mean, give that girl a break. But still, I couldn't understand some of her actions and thoughts.
Third, Angel, that hypocritical bastard! He should've died in Brasil, honestly. I don't even wanna waste space on him. He doesn't deserve it. He's as bad as Alec.
I really, really can't understand Victorian society in some ways, I can't get into their state of mind because I don't get how people can be so uptight, judgemental, sexist... but wait, it still happens! Society still blames and judge victims, it is never the abuser's fault... So, after two centuries, this topic is still relevant and the problem hasn't been solved.