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Rachel
The simple answer is yes. I hope you have. I am making a habit of re-reading this book. It was the only classic that had interested me in high school, but I didn't get too into it, past the way that Emma Stone's character does in Easy A. I related to it, a little superficially... Don't most teens feel like a persecuted outcast sometimes? But, the older I get and the more I experience in my life, it carries more meaning each year and the characters become more vivid to me. There's so much to glean from it. It can raise so many questions. I mean, there's food for thought in there about society, religion, spirituality, honesty, crime and punishment, morality, the separation of church and state, relationships, fidelity, friendship, parenthood, grief. If you really look there are interesting possibilities for food for thought when it comes to psychology for sure. If you enjoy imagery, and if you are a sucker for a metaphor, it definitely delivers there. Having said that, Nathaniel Hawthorne was a wordy SOB. If this is all that stops you from reading it, skip the customs house and press on.
Kyrie
I just finished it and was highly disappointed. The characters were seen to 'suffer' for their sin, but there was no effective repentance or acknowledged need of the forgiveness of the Lord (definitely no seeking of it). It could have been such a great story of redemption and the beauty of holy transformation. But the author did not chose to take that path and the result was hollow and wholly unsatisfying.
Hannah Dear
I think it is worth it. I read it for school and didn't enjoy doing all of the tabbing. Other than that, I really enjoyed the story. It had some very important themes. Just don't watch the movie! It's completely inappropriate and doesn't go with the book at all. Our English teacher wouldn't let us watch it.
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