Silas Marner

"This is a “classic” that follows the life of perpetually stepped on Silas Marner. Like most downtrodden people Silas continues on in life despite the hand that life has given him. One winter night Silas encounters a baby in the snow next to her dead mother. With no one stepping up to claim the child, Silas sets out to be her father with the help of his community. The love and care Silas put into her life comes to a head when the girl is a young woman on the cusp of marrying and her biological father steps forward with the truth about her identity. This book tackles issues of the time that are strangely still relevant. While the book was good, and I can see why it is considered a classic, I feel you can get the story better through the Steve Martin movie A Simple Twist of Fate. The story has a few changes to modernize it but the important parts shine through."

"When assigned to read this book for honors English, the beginning was quite a slow read. I found the book boring and unappealing. However, my western history teacher claimed it to be her favorite book because of the ending, specifically the last line. <br/>So I stuck through, partially because, yes, the book was assigned, but also because I had interest how such an ending could redeem such a dull book. <br/>Well, the book carried on, with realism with touches of good things, which I realized balanced each other out. Going on to finish the book, which had a happy ending, I realized that only a couple chapters before, the story had taken a darker, more realistic tone. <br/>The person in the wrong was never punished, ever brought to justice. Yet, the main character was told that that wasn’t necessary, because the main character was in the right. <br/>I found this to be an interesting take on a story: the so-called villain never being called to justice by the hero. That all of the hero’s past society disappeared, always believing him to be the evil one. <br/>Yet, this take did slightly frustrate me, but only because I knew that one character was in the right, but not believed. I appreciated the story much more just for this reason. The author makes a statement of realism- not everything will turn out a fairytale (though some things may, as explained through the ending).<br/>For these reasons, the book redeemed itself enough for me to award my review for it with four stars."

"i read it a while back so i cant remember exactly, but I remember really loving the main character lol I feel like I could relate to him"

"Teaches good morals"