bookcloudgazer's review against another edition
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
julialou's review against another edition
5.0
The five stars are for “The Touchstone” and “Xingu,” some of my new favorite short stories. The others I would give 3s and 4s.
annelives's review against another edition
3.0
2.5 /5 stars
If you like reading depressing stories about terrible people, then Ethan Frome is the story for you.
If you like reading depressing stories about terrible people, then Ethan Frome is the story for you.
occultmemorysystem's review against another edition
4.0
Another Edith Wharton novel, another entry in my "This made me want to shoot myself (in a good way)" diary! Honestly, Ethan Frome itself is my least favorite thing I've read by her, but the short stories "The Pretext" and "Xingu" are so fantastic, and in such different ways. I was devastated and heartbroken by "The Pretext"; I giggled all the way through "Xingu", and completely cracked up at one point. I liked the other stories in this edition also, and as for Ethan Frome itself: to say it's my least favorite Edith Wharton is like saying it's my least favorite flavor of ice cream. It's still delicious.
hibsta's review against another edition
3.75
On reading a few of her short fiction in this collection, I can finally voice this feeling I've had since having read the first novella: to me Edith Wharton is the American Jane Austen of the twentieth century; her satiric voice and choice of words was a lot similar to Austen's—which, I quite enjoyed—though, apart from the satirising of social conventions, both writers' stories take vastly different turns.
tjaxon27's review against another edition
dark
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
emu_books21's review against another edition
3.0
although this is not a book that I would typically read. so I was kind b of slow passed for me. it was a very nice read. very descriptive writing. and great characters that you get attached to. I would recommend this book to those who enjoy a contemporary, with some aspect of mystery.
khoerner7's review against another edition
3.0
Ethan Frome is my favorite Wharton novel and it us very different from her New York social life novels like The Age of Innocence. There were three or four additional short stories in the book that were not very strong.
strawberrydream's review against another edition
4.0
a sad, slow and almost uneventful story of two lovers. how easy it is to love and love without being together, without being allowed to be together. mad fever of love and illogic. how the passions of desire can go... well, wrong. listening to the audiobook really immersed me in the story and their feelings. lord, what a tale