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The Female Man by Joanna Russ

5 reviews

houndoflove1985's review against another edition

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challenging slow-paced
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0


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erikwmj's review against another edition

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challenging dark hopeful sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5


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rileymay's review against another edition

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challenging informative mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

A poignant and insightful exploration of the feminine experience (though very white and cis) which is undermined in areas by the characters Janet and Jael (one sleeps with a teen girl, the other has an AI robot sex slave) and its lack of intersectionality. Basically: very interesting, at times very beautiful, remains very necessary but is also flawed.

p.s. I saw one review that said that all the men in the book are all portrayed as terrible. I would have to disagree. While there is a lot of that there are also men who are not intentionally harmful, just ignorant in the things they say and do. For example, reference to the game 'I Must Impress This Woman.' in which men pursue romance despite repeated failure. I have seen these games played by well intentioned boys who are doing what they are taught is romantic.

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jonknightknighthunterbooks's review

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adventurous challenging fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? N/A
  • Strong character development? N/A
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.25

Unlike anything else I've ever read, still with as much to say as when it was written. 

I suspect we're it written today an editor would strike the relationship between an older protagonist and a girl who seems to be under age... 

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nozomi's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

2.75

La verdad la traducción es bastante mala y perjudica mucho la experiencia de la lectura que de entrada es muy difícil. 

La estructura del libro a veces lo hace imposible, es difícil seguir el rastro de qué personaje está hablando en qué momento. Principalmente porque no siempre mantiene el mismo criterio y a veces agrega intervenciones de personajes que son bastante irrelevantes.

La mitad de lo que pasa en la historia se me perdió, y la otra mitad te la explica recién al final lo que no te da muchas herramientas para entender la trama.

Igualmente, la trama en sí no es tan relevante y si aprendes a distinguir en qué momento habla qué personaje, se hace bastante llevadero.

Dicho todo esto, tiene algo muy bueno, que es todo el contenido feminista. Pone sobre la mesa distintas situaciones que vivimos las mujeres que son válidas hoy como lo fueron hace más de 40 años, cuando se publicó el libro. Están tan bien contadas que las podés sentir. Generan empatía, y alguien que es ajeno a todo eso podría llegar a comprender mejor la posición de inferioridad y vulnerabilidad a la que nos vemos sometidas constantemente.

Siento que la estructura (y la traducción) es contraproducente a estos efectos. Y el libro, al no decidir ser ficción o no ficción, termina por no ser ninguno.

El final también me genera dudas de  cuál es el mensaje que busca manifestar. Cuál es al final su postura ante todo lo que plantea.



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