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caperi 's review for:
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I’m surprised this was written by a woman, even a woman of her time. The women feel bland and flat and unlike full-fledged humans.
The male protagonist is a hypocritical oxymoron of a man. In the beginning of the book he is painted as a liberal feminist. A man who desires women to have the same freedom as men, to enjoy the same privileges in society as men. He champions the idea that one of the FMCs should be free to divorce her husband without negative societal repercussions. However, when actually discussing or contemplating the women in his life; he considers them as “pale” and “dull” and devoid of any thoughts or interests. And later in the book, he almost complete seems to change his tune. As to his wife, he says:
“There was no use trying to emancipate a wife who had not the dimmest notion she was not free.”
Hard to tell what she had any notion of when the author gave us zero insights into the character.
This book was a drag. None of the characters were very likable. The main character was the worst offender. A hard read when there is no plot to be had. Would not recommend.
The male protagonist is a hypocritical oxymoron of a man. In the beginning of the book he is painted as a liberal feminist. A man who desires women to have the same freedom as men, to enjoy the same privileges in society as men. He champions the idea that one of the FMCs should be free to divorce her husband without negative societal repercussions. However, when actually discussing or contemplating the women in his life; he considers them as “pale” and “dull” and devoid of any thoughts or interests. And later in the book, he almost complete seems to change his tune. As to his wife, he says:
“There was no use trying to emancipate a wife who had not the dimmest notion she was not free.”
Hard to tell what she had any notion of when the author gave us zero insights into the character.
This book was a drag. None of the characters were very likable. The main character was the worst offender. A hard read when there is no plot to be had. Would not recommend.