2.5? I mean, it's a nice takedown of obnoxious privileged men who prey as a society on women, but man am I tired of that story. Chapter after chapter of exasperating cruelty and hypocrisy. I applaud Hardy for pissing me off so much - because it was intended. But here's where I get into trouble with the classics - I've already learned that I don't like Victorian morals. If I were, say, making an impossible list of 1,000 books I think others need to read, this wouldn't be my choice for how the patriarchy screws over women. I'd choose something by a woman that captures the current era. ( )