A review by mx_malaprop
The Hand of Ethelberta by Thomas Hardy

1.0

Look, I don't have anything eloquent to say about this book. I just think it fair to warn prospective readers that if Jude the Obscure made you want to resurrect Hardy just so that you could give him a million paper cuts and then toss him into a swimming pool full of lemon juice and make him exist in that state without the mercy of death for at least 50 years, do NOT bother reading this one. Don't let the novels where he was slightly less of a woman-hating sourpuss give you a false sense of security about how this one will turn out.