Far from the Madding Crowd (Audiobook)

from weeksc07

While I quite enjoyed this novel, I spent much of it extremely frustrated with Gabriel. He's such a good and honest guy, saving the farm on multiple occasions, but he's so fixated on Bathsheba he can't take himself away from the vain and thoughtless woman. Bathsheba may have been beautiful, but n...

from LindaLoretz

Enjoyed a classic I read this to participate in a local library's book discussion and I'm glad I did. Although I struggled through some of the early chapters, this story of a woman who was independent in an era when it wasn't acceptable or understood will stick with me for a long time. There's a...

from Ghost_Boy

Overall I kind of liked this, thought the modern movie I saw was better. The problem is it was hard for me to get use to Thomas Hardy's writing, that's not a bad thing, he's just different than I'm use to and it read like poetry. I would like to read his other books, although it'll take sometime.

from ToniFGMAMTC

Sometimes when I'm reading a classic, I don't understand everything or feel the emotions. That wasn't so with this one. Admittedly, I may not be feeling the correct emotions still. I didn't read this in school or study the meaning of anything (I just sped on through) so I may totally be wrong in ...

from ToniFGMAMTC

Sometimes when I'm reading a classic, I don't understand everything or feel the emotions. That wasn't so with this one. Admittedly, I may not be feeling the correct emotions still. I didn't read this in school or study the meaning of anything (I just sped on through) so I may totally be wrong in ...