LizzieReader’s Reviews > The House of the Seven Gables > Status Update

Well something finally happened, I know you were all on the edge of your seats waiting for me to find the plot.

I have never read this many ways to call a woman old and ugly. Didn't know this many ways existed without curse words.

The juxtaposition of the narrator talking about the young woman verses the old woman is freaking crazy - I know ageism has always been bad but it is strange to see it in action. The narrator talks like a young woman's breath can baptize a space after three chapters of calling the old woman miserable.