The French Lieutenant's Woman (Abridged) Audiobook

" Quite puzzling this treble-ended story... one cannot but wander and wonder through the paths of passion that strikes Charles while trying to figure out the meanderings of Sarah's thoughts... "

" Oh my God! I LOVED this book. I loved the story, I loved the two endings, I just loved it! "

" Oh goodness no. I truly enjoy modern interpretations of Victorian literary devices and tropes, but this had to be one of, if not the stupidest books I have read in a good long while. Rarely do I have the urge to hurl a book across the room when I finish it, but this one made my a highly satisfying smack as it hit the wall. "

" Poo. I have no idea why I didn't give up on it quicker. I read most of it on a long train journey, I suppose with nothing better to do. By around page 180 or so, I wondered why I had even bothered reading so far. I then decided that since I'd got so far, I might as well finish it but started skimming the pages. By around 220, I decided I had better things to do with my train ride like staring out the window. (I'm trying to figure out in words why exactly I didn't like it? The story had the potential to be interesting. I suppose the way it was written just didn't capture my interest...) "

" I didn't get into this book and preferred the movie. "

" Good shit, loved the multiple endings. "

" This book was hard to read for some reason. I was actually about two chapters in when idealized I had already read it once. But I still HAD to finish it. "

" I didn't like this one much at all. "

" magnificant!Later I may review. "

" Read this 30 years ago, and loved it really must go back and reread it again "

" a big hit back then made into an interesting movie. "

" Excellent book- love the way the author described the society and ideas present at the time in which the book was set which has made it far more interesting. "

" My favorite of John Fowles books. Interesting structure before any of us thought much about structure. Post-modern in a wonderfully underhanded way. "

" I felt like this was a bad rip-off of The Scarlet Letter. The story line made no sense. "

" Such an interesting story! Kept me intrigued and I always wanted to find out what would happen next. Loved the style of writing, especially it being written from the point of view from a more modern individual who is looking back on the traditions of an earlier era. "

" I really wanted to give it a 3.5 but that was not an option. "

" sarah is an awesome character. "

" The read of a decade. Beautiful writing and storytelling. "

" I first read this when I was at college but didn't really enjoy it the same this time around. "

" There is not a single thing I enjoyed about this book. I did not like the characters, the writing style, the story, and certainly not the ending. The only reason I kept reading is because I kept thinking it had to get better, but it didn't. It was a total waste of my time and money. "

" When I was young it was very trendy to read John Fowles, so I did. This book toys with the reader in a disrespectful way that irritated me. "

" A very modern Victorian era novel written in the 1960s and narrated by the limited-omniscient author himself. Very interesting, cool book. "

" Fowles' postmodernism makes for a very strange reading experience; oddly funny but also disconcerting. "

" Occasionally over-indulgent in its own verbiage, but still endlessly clever and incisive. Central romance develops slowly but surely. "

" i couldn't understand the main character's motivation for anything she did... the book was well written but infuriating! "

" Although it was innovative, it was almost arrogantly written. "

" This was the first book I read that I had a true emotional reaction to the book, not just enjoying it or hating it. I cried. Now that is worth reading. "

" Blechhh.(Although I ultimately am happy to have read this book and might even recommend it to someone as odd as myself.) "

" Postmodern Sue Bridehead > OG Sue Bridehead "

" Have read this book before at least four times. Always love it, especially the omniscient author and his asides to his audience. This is absolutely the best neo-Victorian novel ever written. Can't recommend it too highly. "