Reviews - The Age of Innocence

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The Age of Innocence

Edith Wharton

3.89 AVERAGE

gm_vak's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

ejwenger's review against another edition

5.0

once again devastated

bc_dittemore's review against another edition

5.0

The Age of Innocence is fantastic! Wharton’s ability to portray the essence of Old New York is uncanny. All the mannerisms, the social stigmas, the dress and the style — she does it so well without it ever seeming excessive. She captures the world in such a way that despite the pitfalls of that world you just want to travel to that time and breath it all in.

forrestempeykohl's review against another edition

4.5

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

maggiejo's review against another edition

4.25

reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

One day you wake up thirty years later and you realize while you’ve been a good husband, father and citizen, you haven’t been yourself and you’ll never get to know who you could have been