Adam Bede by George Eliot
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Four stars is slightly generous, but it's much better than three! For me this book falls somewhere between the writing of Thomas Hardy and Jane Austen. Although Thomas Hardy is a great writer, his works have a bit much of the depressingly tragic for my taste. Jane Austen's books are much lighter, and although the characters face trials and challenges, you are left with an uplifting story overall. George Eliot seems to fall somewhere in the middle. She is a talented writer and I enjoyed the book once I got established in the story.

The ending seemed rushed, which surprised me, because there were times when I wanted to rush the author a bit to find out how the story was going to unfold. But at the end, even though I liked the circumstances of how it ended, I wished that she had filled out the details like she had in the rest of the book.

This was not a quick read, but I enjoyed it very much.

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