A review by lovelyannalee
Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

relaxing slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

It wasn’t bad until it got to the racism, eugenics, ableism, and anti-domestication of animals.  Strangely, the latter was the most surprising thing out of the whole novel.  Honestly, living in a society full of white, able-bodied women who worship pregnancy sounds like the complete opposite of a utopian paradise.  I’m also super confused on how this is a feminist novel when
they literally get married and Celis gets pregnant.  Wasn’t the entire point that women produced asexually and didn’t need men anymore?


Anyway, Herland is nothing more than mediocre and boring propaganda that doesn’t even commit to its own message.  If it wasn’t an audiobook, I wouldn’t have even bothered finishing. 

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