Can You Forgive Her? By Anthony Trollope is the first
book in his Palliser series. We follow Alice Vavasor who is uncertain about her
future and who she wants to marry. As a side story we follow Lady Glencora and
the circumstances of her marriage to Plantagenet Palliser.
I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars. There was so much going
on in this book. It almost felt like there were too many main characters, or
that the distinction between main and side characters was unclear for the first
¼ of the book. That being said, his characters were diverse in personality and
I thoroughly enjoyed getting to know them. They were varied and flawed and
utterly fascinating to follow.
For such a long book, I sped through it once I got past the
introductory chapters. Thankfully, it didn’t feel like a reused plot from one
of his other works; not a formula he is just filling in with new characters and
details like he did sometimes in his Barsetshire chronicles. I liked that I
never knew where we were going with the story; it kept me invested and
interested. Trollope presents some interesting ideas on marriage, finances and
politics in this book that I found very thought provoking. This is an
encouraging beginning to the series and leaves me eager to continue.
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