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A review by ptashka
An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
5.0
This story is based on a true tragedy that happened in upstate New York in the early 1900’s. Long story short: A young man is trying to find his way into the upper class society but he can’t fight the temptations that come along so he finds himself in a biiiiiig trouble.
That’s one of the best books I’ve read even tho it quite disturbed me. The author made Clyde shockingly real and I could feel his torments, I sympathized and I believed his words. I liked the combination of romance, drama and detective balanced so well I didn’t even mind the court scenes taking up a huge chunk of the book.
(KINDA SPOILER) Even tho everyone knows who’s a bad guy of the story, Dreiser left a lot to the reader to decide and find our own answers. What happened on the lake after all? Was he really guilty? Did he deserve what happened to him? I made my verdict.
That’s one of the best books I’ve read even tho it quite disturbed me. The author made Clyde shockingly real and I could feel his torments, I sympathized and I believed his words. I liked the combination of romance, drama and detective balanced so well I didn’t even mind the court scenes taking up a huge chunk of the book.
(KINDA SPOILER) Even tho everyone knows who’s a bad guy of the story, Dreiser left a lot to the reader to decide and find our own answers. What happened on the lake after all? Was he really guilty? Did he deserve what happened to him? I made my verdict.