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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
Just bored. Did not drag me into the book.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The tea in this book was piping! I listened to it as an audiobook and it felt like a gossip girl episode. I was able to zone out from the book but then hop right back in and feel like I haven't missed anything. Which is a small positive but mostly a negative. It means that a lot of this book was repetitive, predictable, or boring. Not the worst classic I've read, but it's not anything amazing either.
slow-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
reflective
slow-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 have read about 50 pages of Pride and Prejudice and would call The Age of Innocence a must read for fans of Pride and Prejudice and The Great Gatsby. For one, it captures the wealth and lifestyle of New York around the 1900's, while also a lot of rich people chatting about love and the difficulties they face when keeping up appearances.
Something that I enjoyed, and did not expect, about the book was that many parts of it were tense. It is not a fluffy love story, and there is a lot of resentment that comes from other characters.
Overall, I liked the book. The first chapter is amazing in how Wharton sets the scene. I saw the movie a couple months ago and loved how the first couple scenes were done - it all makes sense why Scorsese went that direction.
Something that I enjoyed, and did not expect, about the book was that many parts of it were tense. It is not a fluffy love story, and there is a lot of resentment that comes from other characters.
Overall, I liked the book. The first chapter is amazing in how Wharton sets the scene. I saw the movie a couple months ago and loved how the first couple scenes were done - it all makes sense why Scorsese went that direction.
slow-paced