The Mayor of Casterbridge
Ratings42
Average rating3.8
one of the best books i've read in what feels like forever. unpredictable, dramatic, and thrilling!
Quite the difficult read for a non-native english speaker as myself, but a very rewarding one. Gripping story, truculent characters, and a great use of repeating symbols throughout the pages. I felt for Mr Henchard and his impulsive and horrible decision-making skills. First Thomas Hardy work I've read so far, and it won't be the last.
Hardy has such a way of melding the happy & the tragic. A terrific story of an imperfect man.
I know so many regard this as Hardy's best novel, but not for me. It is not the bleakness, which I rather revel in, but the increasingly strained twists in the plot which rather annoyed me. (His superficial consideration of how Elizabeth-Jane is affected by all the deceit surprised me).
I had to read this book for College. It was more of a wrestling match to read this book. I'm sure it has some great importance somewhere in there, but I am too shallow to pick up on it.
