Scarlet Letter

I actually enjoyed this book. In the beginning, I had my doubts, but soon the story started to pick up. Towards the middle, I found myself yelling, " oh no he didn't," or " I knew he was the baby daddy." I really enjoyed the character Hester. Throughout the book, she held her head high, and took the punishment as noble as anyone could in that situation. Dimmesdale didn't anger me as much as I thought he would when his role in the novel was revealed. I understood why he didn't tell, but that doesn't make him less of a coward. Chillingworth, in my opinion, should have left well enough alone. He should have just went back to wherever he came from and found himself another wife. I don't see the purpose of torturing another man for a woman who never loved him in the first place. At the end, when I read that Hester and Arthur had planned to runaway together, I was so happy, until I found out Chillingworth planned on joining them. At the end of the novel, I was thoroughly disappointed that Dimmesdale died. I was more mad at the fact that Hester didn't get her happy ending with her love, but it was a great book nonetheless.