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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
adventurous
hopeful
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
challenging
dark
sad
tense
slow-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
challenging
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
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
Wharton's wit is wonderful, and her story is gripping and her characters fascinating. However, a story with such a steadily linear downward slope can be rather emotionally draining and difficult to stick with.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
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
J'ai mis beaucoup de temps à lire la première partie, mais lorsque je suis arrivé à la seconde moitié du roman j'ai été entraînée par l'histoire. Je ne suis pas encore certaine de savoir si le personnage principal était supposée être sympathique ou non, ou si elle était la cause de tous ces malheurs et je suis encore intriguée par le message que l'auteure voulait passer, mais c'était définitivement une bonne lecture.
This book was surprising and frustrating and I read it at precisely the right time in my life.
If you want to write a book that functions as both social novel and a classical tragedy, then the main character's central virtue also has to be her hamartia—that's what happens here, and it works very well. I think it's better than Age of Innocence.