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The Garden Party and Other Stories by Katherine Mansfield

naymadic's review

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5.0

Ich bin eigentlich kein allzu großer Kurzgeschichten-Fan. Für die Uni musste ich aber die Geschichte „The Garden Party“ lesen und habe mir dafür das ganze Buch gekauft.
Ich bin so positiv überrascht und froh diese Autorin entdeckt zu haben! Auch ihre Biografie scheint extrem spannend zu sein und jetzt würde ich gerne alles von ihr lesen (leider ist sie sehr früh gestorben und hat keine Romane geschrieben; ich wünschte so sehr, sie hätte die Chance gehabt längere Werke zu schreiben, denn ihre Figuren sind so interessant, dass ich gerne mehr Zeit mit manchen gehabt hätte).
Sobald ich mehr über sie weiß, ernenne ich sie hoffentlich zu meinem female role model✨

antisocialsciences's review against another edition

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inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

chocolate3cake's review

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3.0

It's hard to write reviews for short story collections because you inevitably enjoy some of the stories more than others. I really enjoyed The Garden Party, The Little Governess, Her First Ball and my two absolute favourites were The Tiredness of Rosabell and The Swing of the Pendulum. But also some were deathly boring. So 3 stars.

amandaquotidianbooks's review against another edition

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3.0

DNF at 104 pages. I was not enjoying this collection as much as The Montana Stories. I think my reading tastes have changed. Overall these stories were okay, but I'm not excited for them right now.

book_grinch's review against another edition

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2.0

Couldn't bring myself to finish it....

matt_and_cheez's review against another edition

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3.0

For a turn-of-the-century work, the themes and actions of the characters were surprisingly progressive. Mansfield presents for the most part strong-willed women who have opinions against the status-quo of that era. What I also enjoyed were the dark turns the stories took, some of them leaving me unsettled and speculative, which I love from a story. That being said, I have a hard time really loving Victorian/Edwardian literature and normally turn away from the short story style. I find myself getting invested and then the story is sadly over. Although the length makes the stories digestible which is a nice reprieve from typical literature of that time.

chachachuy's review against another edition

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3.0

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