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As a caveat, I started reading this at work b/c I had an electronic version while my hard copy book was at home, and then read it in between other books until finally deciding to plow through and finish it. So it's possible that I would have enjoyed it more had I read it more consistently - but probably not.
The plot caught me in the beginning and then just became more and more interminable for me. I was really dragged down by the dense writing and the fact that I liked basically none of the char ...more
The plot caught me in the beginning and then just became more and more interminable for me. I was really dragged down by the dense writing and the fact that I liked basically none of the char ...more
Oh, Miss Lily Bart. So materialistic and shallow and self-defeating. I don't know whether to hate you or pity you. But, surprisingly, I found myself identifying with you. Not the gold-digging part, or the rampant materialism, but the struggle to work your way through a social structure using a mis-match set of rules/values that just don't work together. And the resulting inability to choose a plan of action, and actually stick it out all the way through. That felt very familiar. Something I thin
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Need to read more Wharton--this book was phenomenal.
I actually read the last 50 pages three times in two days they are so heartrending and perfect. A new favorite - can't believe it took me this long to read it.
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Mar 17, 2008
Stephanie
marked it as to-read
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erin
marked it as to-read
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