infinitelibrary 's review for:

Sister Carrie by Theodore Dreiser

4.0

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This book was pretty unusual. I wasn't too impressed with the story at first as it seemed pretty typical but the writing was so good that I got drawn in anyway. I thought it was really interesting in the end and I liked that the author chose to show the story from all the perspectives - even if they weren't always likable characters. Despite me yelling at Carrie for most of the book to just ditch the men and pursue her career in acting, I did actually start to feel sorry for the guys towards the end. The message Carrie received towards the end of the book was very powerful though and I'll probably end up rereading this at some time.