The Scarlet Letter

It's hard to judge and rate the classics but rating them anything below 3 stars only shows how many people truly, genuinely need to read more. High school did not ruin your love for reading, your unwillingness to be challenged did.

Is The Scarlet Letter written in an obtuse way? Yes. Which is why it must be read with consideration for the intent of the author and the time in which it was written.

‘The Scarlet Letter' is hugely critical of the Puritans and could easily be rewritten to be a ‘girlboss' YA novel of half the length with none of the depth. If that is what you seek then maybe you should consider why and do something to challenge yourself.

All the men were bastards. There was no good male character in this book but perhaps the narrator.