A review by tiiiger35
Summer by Edith Wharton

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

2.25

Considering this novel was first published in 1917 much of its themes are relatively similar to today’s ongoing struggles. It’s still a man’s world, women are still treated as second class citizens & when it comes to women’s bodily autonomy…somehow men still control that too. 
I had read somewhere this book was Wharton’s most erotic novel written but even the most prudish amongst us would struggle to find anything more salacious than a few sexual innuendos.
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