A certainly good book, though I found myself to have very mixed feelings over it — especially the fact that so much of this book is bent on women’s inferiority to men, which I undoubtedly dislike. I thought Adam had many good monologues and I wish the same could be said for Eve — on the whole, I wasn’t the biggest enjoyer of how Milton depicted her character, with the sheer lack of equality and such. I also liked the two’s scene at the end of book X, especially the massive contrast of hope and despair, and also the questioning of God. I’m not massively religious so I did find quite a few parts to be boring, but all in all it is a good read — albeit with its flaws. I also liked that the Son seemed to reason with and placate God, whose character was a lot more sharp and without mercy than I had expected…