A review by ellaep
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton

2.0

Okay, I did actually love the writing. There is something about classic novels that I eat up every time. But, I also really disliked this book. I found the main character so unsympathetic. I don’t understand him at all. He’s a member of the idle rich, who hates his lifestyle, but is so incapable of moving beyond it, whose every thought is about himself and if he ever thinks about other people it’s always about how they relate to him. Newland Archer irritates me so much, I can’t put all of it into words without writing a five paragraph essay, so let’s summarize by saying that I don’t understand why anyone ever fell in love with him.