Justin's review of Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
I have to admit, there's something artificial about rooting through memory for a really bad book to give a low rating. On the one hand, I don't want all my books read to have 4 or 5 stars, that demeans the 4 star books, which in my opinion were all really good reads. Need some balance, right? On the other, it seems pretty arbitrary to start picking on a handful just to balance the books (hah). So I knew for my first 1 star rating, my choice would have to be a simple execrable book, a shit-eating narrative that drags the reader from start to finish through a sewer of absolute misery, like these metaphors I'm throwing out there, and Ethan Frome sure fits the bill. God this book is bad. Gross Pointe Blank might be one of my favorite movies just because of Cusack's line to his old english teacher: you're not still enforcing that Ethan Frome torture, are you? Or something. Anyhow, this book is awful. Because, look, I only gave 1 star.
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haha. YES! well done. this was the perfect choice for a one star rating. I think i was so tramatized i actually blocked the plot from my memory. all i remember is a sled and some snow...and maybe a mountain? Oh, and i think the guy's name was ethan, but im not sure...i hope you didnt discount her as an author though bc the house of mirth is really good...or at least better
