A review by missbryden
Under the Greenwood Tree by Thomas Hardy

5.0

I may not have enjoyed it as much if it weren't for the narration of this particular audio. I was thoroughly drawn in by the variety of voices he did and the humor he injected, and rhythm, not just when characters were speaking. Sweet and funny story. The economical backgrounds and discussion of and feelings on changes in church music are interesting. But it's not just the audio, Hardy, at least in this book (it didn't stand out so much to me in Tess of the D'Urbervilles, although I read that a long time ago, or Far From the Madding Crowd - maybe a little bit in that - those were quite different stories) uses such lively language and different sort of characterful phrases.