OK-so first I want to say that this is not the easiest book for me after being on a Dean Koontz kick. I am struggling a bit to wade through it because I actually have to think about the language and about what has happened to her. Dean Koontz is very straight forward and much easier reading for me.
If it wasn't for the back of the book I would have missed at least one plot point because it was so implicit. So, I do not know if anyone else is trying to read it and struggling as well, but I just wanted to lend my support and understanding if you are in the same boat.
Second, I wanted to tell you why I love Tess as a character so far (I am on page 130, chapter 18). I am barely into this book and can see why it is classified as a high tragedy! Boy does this girl have a lot of adversity! She is a compelling character to me for a few reasons. One is that she seems real to me. She makes mistakes, bad things happen to her, she has a horrible family situation (drunk dad, socially climbing lazy mother that wants to use her to move up, lots of younger siblings...), and she feels conflicted about things. However, what makes her a GREAT character to me is not just that she seems so real and has problems, but that she is a tough cookie that goes on with life. She has horrible things happen, she grieves, she pouts, and she laughs and she moves forward. I love her for having problems, for dealing with the cards she is dealt and for doing it over and over again. Don't we all have to do that no matter what our trials are?
I will close this with my favorite quote from the book so far-somehow it just jumped out at me and struck a chord. Here is it:
"Let the truth be told-women do as a rule live through such humiliations, and regain their spirits, and again look about them with an interested eye. While there's life there's hope is a conviction not entirely unknown to the 'betrayed' as some amiable theorists would have us believe."
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I started reading this book in high school and stopped because I couldn't understand a word of what it was saying. I am hoping when I get the book tomorrow from the library that I will understand better now that I am older and hopefully wiser. Can't wait to start reading it tomorrow to see if I really have matured in my understanding of deep literature.
I started reading it and I'm having a hard time getting into it, but I'm sure it'll get more interesting.
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