2.36k reviews for:

Ethan Frome

Edith Wharton

3.31 AVERAGE

mickjen's review against another edition

4.0

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It loses one star for breaking my heart!

bbraun's review against another edition

1.0

dark emotional slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

_rosie_reads's review against another edition

3.5

dark sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

brookebookshelf's review against another edition

4.0

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So very depressing, but so very good.

tillybeller's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bernadette_rose's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

libby_bebby's review against another edition

3.75

emotional reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

falconerreader's review against another edition

1.0

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Everyone is miserable. Then they realize it and try to change their lives. Instead, they ruin their lives and become even more miserable than they were. Lovely story.

gab1202's review against another edition

4.0

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"...he was stroking her hair. He wanted to get the feeling of it into his hand, so that it would sleep there like a seed in winter."

i know many found it to be a bore but this book banged out. read it over three days, i think, voraciously. i mean, that passage about ethan yearning for someone to appreciate the magic of nature with him... it reminded me a lot of love for lydia in those long, winding, circumlocutive passages that you either grow to love or don't. i did. i can't wait to pick up another of wharton's novels.

cosmiccloudbird's review against another edition

3.0

emotional mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated