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Karen
Jun 21, 2021 rated it really liked it
"Someone left the cake out in the rain..."

Note to Self: No more reading novels filled with pain, suffering and morbidity, for ummm, a while (???) --TBD!

After reading Recursion which opens with a suicide and then Jude the Obscure where sweet, overcaring Jude is pummeled by the vicissitudes of life and deliberately catches his death in the very English rain, I am of the opinion that Goodreads should perhaps offer online therapists to help readers return to their lives after shattering literary imm
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Anita
Mar 24, 2009 rated it it was amazing
One of the most perfect books ever. If you can't fall for Jude Fawley you have a heart of stone.

I just can't seem to stop thinking about this guy, and find him all the time in other characters in other places.

I keep wondering how his life cold have been saved from all the tragedy he endured. Then I wonder if his life had been happier would I remember him as much?
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Theresa
Jan 19, 2008 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Ryan
Mar 07, 2008 rated it it was ok
Terry
Jul 10, 2008 rated it it was amazing
Carol
Jun 30, 2009 rated it really liked it
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rachel
Jul 07, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Heather (DeathByBook)
Oct 31, 2009 marked it as to-read
Julie
Feb 14, 2010 rated it really liked it
Taylor Kobran Cruz
Sep 11, 2010 rated it it was ok
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May 26, 2012 marked it as to-read
Carol
Sep 19, 2013 marked it as to-read
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Hannah
Sep 29, 2013 rated it really liked it
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Jul 26, 2014 marked it as to-read
Shelby
Aug 01, 2015 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Tessara Dudley
Aug 13, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Mar 12, 2016 marked it as to-read
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Sep 18, 2018 marked it as to-read
Kat
Jan 27, 2020 marked it as to-read
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Kristi Krumnow
Oct 10, 2021 marked it as to-read
Kayla
Apr 30, 2025 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
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