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Title: A Benchwarmer
Review: It pains me to give one of my favorite authors less than four...-ish stars, but I really feel as if Two on a Tower is not that great. As someone coming from a scientific/engineering background, I did of course get giddy with excitement upon seeing Mr. Hardy discuss the beauties of the sciences and people's relations to them, and as far quotable quotes, Two on a Tower ranks among the best of Hardy's oeuvre. You also have the whole questioning attitude towards marriage/relationships similar to Jude the Obscure coming out of this like you do. But this book is no Jude the Obscure. It felt more draggy and dull...sort of like an episode of Happy Days after the series lost its stride. (And yes Happy Days did have a pretty nice stride there for a while). I don't know, keep Two on a Tower on the bench until you've exhausted most of the rest of Team Hardy, which for me has a starting lineup of Tess, Jude, Madding Crowd, the Native (slight Return), and the Mayor of Casterbridge.Yay
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