fantasmariana's review against another edition
4.0
3.5! Paranoia, visiones aterradoras y brotes psicóticos, aquí encontramos un poquito de todo.
Estoy en un momento en el que tengo ganas de leer historias sobre mujeres descendiendo en una espiral de locura y autodestrucción por lo que este libro me vino como anillo al dedo. La protagonista de la historia es una mujer casada con un autor muy famoso, acostumbrada a una vida de privilegios y cuya mayor preocupación es vivir al pendiente de mantener las apariencias. Le importa tanto el "qué dirán" que cae en comportamientos francamente ridículos y hasta despreciables (prefiere mentir sobre una muerte en la familia a que admitir que suspendieron a su hijo de la escuela, por ejemplo). El catalizador que hace que la Sra. March comience este descenso hacia la perdición ocurre cuando le preguntan si el personaje principal del nuevo libro de su esposo está basado en ella; el tema aquí es que dicho personaje no es descrito en términos muy halagadores que digamos y ésto, naturalmente, ofende a la señora March. Sin embargo, este suceso destapa problemas mucho más complejos que se ocultan detrás de la fachada de perfección a la que nuestra protagonista se aferra.
Aunque la Sra. March cae mal en muchos momentos, y creo que verdaderamente no es una buena persona, la autora nos da pequeños flashbacks a una infancia y adolescencia dolorosas que pueden llegar a explicar algunas cosas. Esta historia es como ver un choque de trenes en cámara lenta: sabes que ahí viene algo terrible, pero no puedes dejar de ver.
Estoy en un momento en el que tengo ganas de leer historias sobre mujeres descendiendo en una espiral de locura y autodestrucción por lo que este libro me vino como anillo al dedo. La protagonista de la historia es una mujer casada con un autor muy famoso, acostumbrada a una vida de privilegios y cuya mayor preocupación es vivir al pendiente de mantener las apariencias. Le importa tanto el "qué dirán" que cae en comportamientos francamente ridículos y hasta despreciables (prefiere mentir sobre una muerte en la familia a que admitir que suspendieron a su hijo de la escuela, por ejemplo). El catalizador que hace que la Sra. March comience este descenso hacia la perdición ocurre cuando le preguntan si el personaje principal del nuevo libro de su esposo está basado en ella; el tema aquí es que dicho personaje no es descrito en términos muy halagadores que digamos y ésto, naturalmente, ofende a la señora March. Sin embargo, este suceso destapa problemas mucho más complejos que se ocultan detrás de la fachada de perfección a la que nuestra protagonista se aferra.
Aunque la Sra. March cae mal en muchos momentos, y creo que verdaderamente no es una buena persona, la autora nos da pequeños flashbacks a una infancia y adolescencia dolorosas que pueden llegar a explicar algunas cosas. Esta historia es como ver un choque de trenes en cámara lenta: sabes que ahí viene algo terrible, pero no puedes dejar de ver.
nicholslaw's review against another edition
5.0
So I really alternated between needing to devour this book as quickly as possible and taking random breaks when I was getting too uncomfortable. Which for me makes a fucking stellar read. 5/5 wish I could read again for the first time.
amy_park's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
fast-paced
4.5
Highly recommend for an eerie, sinister and spooky read. I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed this book, the protagonist's stream of thought writing style and chapter length made this book so readable, that I couldn't wait to pick it up.
I loved the 1950s era (which isn't confirmed) and Mrs March as a fully fleshed out flawed character. She is so very memorable and haunting. You feel like the plot divert any which way as Mrs March's thoughts suddenly take very dark and sinister turns when catastrophising little events in a split second. She is very paranoid and this escalates throughout the book to a very fitting finale.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it doesn't get the full 5 stars for me but I feel this could change in a re-read which I definetly want to do in the not so distant future.
I loved the 1950s era (which isn't confirmed) and Mrs March as a fully fleshed out flawed character. She is so very memorable and haunting. You feel like the plot divert any which way as Mrs March's thoughts suddenly take very dark and sinister turns when catastrophising little events in a split second. She is very paranoid and this escalates throughout the book to a very fitting finale.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, it doesn't get the full 5 stars for me but I feel this could change in a re-read which I definetly want to do in the not so distant future.
heybubbles's review against another edition
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
chaoticmissadventures's review against another edition
4.25
Unpopular opinion, I really liked this. I have been having a year of wives books with books like Cursed Bread, My Husband, and Our Wives Under The Sea and I find them fascinating. I particularly love it when the narrator is falling slowly into madness. It reminds me a bit of one of my favorite shorts The Yellow Wallpaper. Here the Wife's husband has written a story with a disagreeable protagonist and when a shop woman asks if she is based on Mrs. she starts a quick spiral. It goes so far our Mrs starts to believe her husband has killed a woman in a different state. I loved the atmosphere of the book set in the early 60s where cocktails and housekeepers and dressing up for dinner are still in vogue. I also love how the author gives you room to both pity and despise Mrs March.
mhoffrob's review against another edition
3.0
Mrs. March is a disturbing and haunting novel. The reader enters her world and experiences the devolution of her mental health and sees her life spinning out of control. Each passing chapter drew me in and kept me coming back, even through some confusion.
What was NOT clear, is the time in which this story was taking place. The attitude and lifestyle of the Marches suggeted NYC in the '50s or 60s: but their son had a Rubik's Cube, introduced in the mid 1970s. This disconnected (for me) niggled my mind as I read, trying to place these events into a timeline of American society. But a compelling read.
What was NOT clear, is the time in which this story was taking place. The attitude and lifestyle of the Marches suggeted NYC in the '50s or 60s: but their son had a Rubik's Cube, introduced in the mid 1970s. This disconnected (for me) niggled my mind as I read, trying to place these events into a timeline of American society. But a compelling read.
caraj80's review against another edition
4.0
The woman is messed up! A fab read but have your wits about you.