Sister Carrie

Sister Carrie
By Theodore Dreiser

Haunting. Beautiful story of a woman's unfortunate and slow downfall. Even she doesn't realize it's happening until it's already happened. I love the tiny steps, the careful, meticulous outlining of Carrie's slippery slope. You feel sorry for her, of course, but sorry that she's such an innocent, not that she's a "fallen woman." You're sorry that she's so naive that she makes these messes for herself. I wish that we had learned what happened to her sister, though. I realize we probably already know, that she stayed in her hovel of a house forever and she and her husband were like any other couple of the time, perpetually down on their luck. But her sister really did love Carrie and it would have been nice to know what became of her.
7/10