Ethan Frome

***HOBBIT*** · 04-12-2004, 09:15 PM

I just finished this book recently - it was assigned to me in english.

It is apparently my english teacher's favorite book or something.

I didn't like it that much. It didn't have much of a plot, no action. The whole tale could have been told on one page.

Also it was way too depressing. I don't really see the point of the book.

Millane · 04-13-2004, 12:06 AM

one of my most hated books

i also had to read it for Literature, although my literature teacher shared my opinions that it wasnt an enjoyable read... My english teacher loved it though and she always tried to talk to me about it, i thought hell would freeze over before i would prefer to talk about books ive read than do an English lesson, well unless hell froze over i was wrong

it also spawned arguments in our literature class concerning the value of story and entertainment over the writing skills of an author, i was leaning more towards the story side and i think that explains why i despised Ethan Frome so much...

sun-star · 04-13-2004, 11:25 AM

It's a long time since I read it, but I really enjoyed this book. Of course, if you only like books that have a great deal of plot, you might not like this, but it's well-written and sensitively-told - and depressing books do have a place in literature too, you know

***HOBBIT*** · 04-13-2004, 03:47 PM

I don't not like it because it is depressing - just another thing against it.

Imo, it was poorly written.

The way i see it - books are written for the readers, to entertain them or amuse them, etc. This seems to have been written only for the author.

No action, No romance, NOTHING.

I mean come on! There was maybe 1 tiny kiss is the whole book? He didn't even have an affair. That would have made it interesting.

sun-star · 04-14-2004, 05:24 AM

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Originally posted by HOBBIT
I mean come on! There was maybe 1 tiny kiss is the whole book? He didn't even have an affair. That would have made it interesting.

Isn't that the whole point, that he doesn't have an affair? I mean, that is the plot

04-12-2004, 09:15 PM	#1
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	Ethan Frome I just finished this book recently - it was assigned to me in english. It is apparently my english teacher's favorite book or something. I didn't like it that much. It didn't have much of a plot, no action. The whole tale could have been told on one page. Also it was way too depressing. I don't really see the point of the book. __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!

04-13-2004, 12:06 AM	#2
Millane The Dude Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: at the altar of my ego Posts: 1,685	one of my most hated books i also had to read it for Literature, although my literature teacher shared my opinions that it wasnt an enjoyable read... My english teacher loved it though and she always tried to talk to me about it, i thought hell would freeze over before i would prefer to talk about books ive read than do an English lesson, well unless hell froze over i was wrong it also spawned arguments in our literature class concerning the value of story and entertainment over the writing skills of an author, i was leaning more towards the story side and i think that explains why i despised Ethan Frome so much... __________________ Ill heal your wounds, ill set you free,

04-13-2004, 11:25 AM	#3
sun-star Lady of Letters Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Either Oxford or Kent, England Posts: 2,476	It's a long time since I read it, but I really enjoyed this book. Of course, if you only like books that have a great deal of plot, you might not like this, but it's well-written and sensitively-told - and depressing books do have a place in literature too, you know __________________ And all the time the waves, the waves, the waves Chase, intersect and flatten on the sand As they have done for centuries, as they will For centuries to come, when not a soul Is left to picnic on the blazing rocks, When England is not England, when mankind Has blown himself to pieces. Still the sea, Consolingly disastrous, will return While the strange starfish, hugely magnified, Waits in the jewelled basin of a pool.

04-13-2004, 03:47 PM	#4
*HOBBIT* Saviour of Entmoot Admiral Join Date: Nov 1999 Location: NC/NJ (no longer Same place as bmilder.) Posts: 61,986	I don't not like it because it is depressing - just another thing against it. Imo, it was poorly written. The way i see it - books are written for the readers, to entertain them or amuse them, etc. This seems to have been written only for the author. No action, No romance, NOTHING. I mean come on! There was maybe 1 tiny kiss is the whole book? He didn't even have an affair. That would have made it interesting. __________________ President Emeritus (2000-2004) Private message (or email) me if you need any assistance. I am here to help! "I'm up to here with cool, ok? I'm so amazingly cool you could keep a side of meat in me for a month. I am so hip I have difficulty seeing over my pelvis" - Zaphod Beeblebrox Latest Blog Post: Just Quit Facebook? No One Cares!