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3.31 AVERAGE
3.31 AVERAGE
dark
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I did not realize this would be such a tragic story. I think it will haunt me for a long time.
dark
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I just reread this book in order to cleanse my palate after finishing a few mediocre books. I'd still give this 5 stars. It's such a spare and cold story of longing and remorse. I'm amazed at what a page turner it is even already knowing the story!
I may be biased here as I already am fan of Edith Wharton after I read age of innocence. She writes beautifully tragic love stories that never see their end. Her characters seem to be so old fashioned that they never dare to break all the rules and conquer what they actually want from life but isn't that what the world is about?
Sacrifices , compromises and yes sad life.
Everyone has to compromise sometimes for parents sometimes for their partner and few do it for their children as well. Many loose the most beloved thing of theirs in the process and they can't even weep, because life never gave them chance to. Definitely worth read. I kinda felt sad for Matt and Ethan and hated zeena but it was the end that made me cry!!
Sacrifices , compromises and yes sad life.
Everyone has to compromise sometimes for parents sometimes for their partner and few do it for their children as well. Many loose the most beloved thing of theirs in the process and they can't even weep, because life never gave them chance to. Definitely worth read. I kinda felt sad for Matt and Ethan and hated zeena but it was the end that made me cry!!
this book made me feel things that... I have never felt. it is beyond sad and riveting in such a short number of pages & I appreciate Wharton for this work. Please, read this if you want to real incredibly bad for a white farmer from early-20th century Massachusetts.
I read this book in High School but remember really thinking it was tragic and romantic.
Edith Wharton, a turn-of-the-century author, writes an ironically haunting tale of love and loss amidst the backdrop of a small New England town in winter. Wharton typically focuses on biting satires of societal wealth, and while this short novel still focuses on issues of money - or rather lack thereof - the prisons caused by the mores of society are still the same. I couldn't help but feel sympathetic toward poor Ethan, as he is married to quite the cold fish of a woman. As was aptly commentated by one of the characters, he's had a "mean" and rather unfortunate life. Yet the love he tries desperately to hold onto, he instead only causes more grief and heartache. The old adage, "better to have loved and lost, than never have loved at all" would have been put to the test if Ethan could have just let go. Ironically, what Ethan tries to prevents, he winds up causing in the end.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and read it through in one day. It's definitely an easy read: easy to understand and easy to relate to. Many people today, though, won't comprehend Ethan's morals, or why he just didn't stand up to his manipulative, miserable wife. But Ethan, with all his love and emotion, was also very logical and practical. He was very endearing, and part of me just wanted to see him run away like he dreamed of doing, yet I respected him even more when he didn't.
The end was depressing, yet somehow very fitting. I will never utter the words "Ethan Frome" without saying "Poor Ethan" ever again.
I highly recommend this book, as it is so different than anything I've ever read before. It's intriguing, suspenseful, lovely, depressing, infuriating, and romantic all rolled into one. It's takes a great author to pull that off, and keep you wanting more.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and read it through in one day. It's definitely an easy read: easy to understand and easy to relate to. Many people today, though, won't comprehend Ethan's morals, or why he just didn't stand up to his manipulative, miserable wife. But Ethan, with all his love and emotion, was also very logical and practical. He was very endearing, and part of me just wanted to see him run away like he dreamed of doing, yet I respected him even more when he didn't.
The end was depressing, yet somehow very fitting. I will never utter the words "Ethan Frome" without saying "Poor Ethan" ever again.
I highly recommend this book, as it is so different than anything I've ever read before. It's intriguing, suspenseful, lovely, depressing, infuriating, and romantic all rolled into one. It's takes a great author to pull that off, and keep you wanting more.