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i think this book is really about female vulnerability in a world that demands material worth

the only issue i have with coming to this conclusion more than halfway into the book is why this wasn't foregrounded a bit more at the start (or maybe i'm just dumb)

nick, buddy, let me hold your hand when i say this-- what else did you expect her to do???? wait and throw herself at your feet and beg you to stay? that was not the nature of the arrangement you had, buddy!!! playing cat and mouse is not going to work!

it's astounding how incredibly selfish everyone in this novel is, 10/10 stuff truly

I hate to be that person, but I think that this book may have worked better as a short story. The main conflict feels like it's been dragged out a bit: simultaneously, though, the rest of the narrative works just fine in terms of pace, so I don't know what to feel.

so susy just got dumped because nick realised that she was manipulating their mutual friend's infidelity to cop a house. damn!

the mounting tension is so brilliantly written... edith wharton you're so cool.

i love it when edith wharton writes about lowkey crazy people