Reviews tagging 'Suicide'

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton, Fiction, Classics by Edith Wharton

12 reviews

kathryn_saulinas's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicide and Suicide attempt

alex_k99's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The House of Mirth is a wonderful novel that gives an empathetic look into the mind of Lily Bart, a high society socialite in New York at the turn of the century. I loved pretty much everything about it from characterisations to descriptions, however the weakest link of it is the second half - at a certain point of the novel the plot just kind of stops progressing and instead goes back and forth until the the book ends on a decidedly depressing note.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Suicide