After one particular event, you are only really hinted at what really happened and it's never really fully explained what actually went on. The plot was interesting, incorporating many twists and turns, but sometimes I found myself a little puzzled. I however am looking forward to using some of the new words I've learnt in my own writing! I think that it was mostly due to the writing style that I had been a little apprehensive about this book, and also the reason that I found it difficult and a little hard to really get into at first. I really enjoyed having my reading and understanding of the English language stretched in this book, although sometimes I did find it hard to follow and I wouldn't recommend this book to someone who didn't enjoy a bit of a challenge.
Hardy used complex sentence structures and unusual but interesting language. The book is written in very traditional and, at times, hard to understand English. Many of the other characters are also complex, and I think that the way Hardy portayed and developed them all was one of my favourite parts of the book. By the end of the book she had earned my respect and I really felt like she had grown and become a much stronger individual. Obviously you can't help but feel sorry her - some truly awful things fall upon her - however I don't think I felt as sympathetic towards her as many other people have and will. I found her weak and irritating, wondering why she could never just take control of a situation, stand up for what she believed in or do something for herself.
By the end of the book I felt like I could really relate to her and understand her, however at the start of the book I felt very differently. Tess Durbeyfield is the main character in the book and you see her grow as a person over several years. Tess of the D'urbervilles is an epic tale telling the tragic life of Tess Durbeyfield and her disasters in love, her tear-wrenching experiences with death and her painstaking efforts to grow into a 'proper' woman.
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