I am reading the book Ethan Frome. This book it by Edith Wharton. I am on chapter five. So far the author has introduced the readers to the main characters Ethan, Zeena, and Mattie. Zeena is the wife of Ethan and they live with no children on Ethan's farm and mill. They met when Ethan's mother was ill and Zenna came to tend to her. After she passed, Zenna stayed and married Ethan. When Zenna became ill, her cousin Mattie Silver came to help take care of her. Ethan started having feelings for Mattie during her stay at their house. Ethan keeps his feelings for Mattie a secret so that Zenna doesn't discover what is happening. At this point in the book Zenna has just left to get help for her pain, and Ethan is left home with Mattie.

I think this book is okay. I think it's a little weird but in general not a bad book. At times it is difficult to understand exactly what is happening. I think that the author wrote this book to tell a story of secret love. The theme of the book is mystery and secrecy. Neither Mattie nor Ethan can reveal their true feelings and they don't know what will happen in the future. Both Ethan and Mattie know that their feelings are not morally correct, yet they can't change the way they feel. The best character is Mattie. She probably the most mysterious character and she is learning a lot while staying with Ethan and Zenna.

"He used to think that fifty years sounded like a long time to live together, but now it seemed to him that they might pass in a flash." This shows how short life is and how a person shouldn't have regrets and should take chances. This applies to his feelings for Mattie. I have no questions so far.