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emilybilodeau's review against another edition
“He’d write poems because it was the most profound exercise of man. And what about her? What did she do as a profound exercise of being a person? She did the sea in the morning…”
luciacrfl's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
booksandlipsticks13's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.0
rimbea's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.5
quenchgum's review against another edition
4.0
Girl has some kind of loosely-defined epiphany and emerges as a woman. Like a normal bildungsroman, except that nothing really happens plot-wise and it’s purposefully impossible to put into words what she learned during her epiphany because it’s all so loose and scattered and deep and it’s just really all about your feelings, man.
The gender/patriarchy stuff in here is really dated, and it’s jarring how central it is to the story. I would have hated this if it were written by a man. I talked about it with my therapist, and we think I should just chalk it up to it being written in the ‘70s.
The gender/patriarchy stuff in here is really dated, and it’s jarring how central it is to the story. I would have hated this if it were written by a man. I talked about it with my therapist, and we think I should just chalk it up to it being written in the ‘70s.
jessiechen's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
ughmady's review against another edition
5.0
i'm not sure how to describe what i just read at all, and it was divine. normally i don't read much stream of consciousness style writing, but clarice lispector made me fall in love with the way she stitches a sentence together. this reads like poetry, with some stanzas you're not sure you're meant to understand, but you reread them three times anyway just because they're delicious. new favorite author
animartikyan's review against another edition
challenging
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0