A review by smblanc1793
Wise Children by Angela Carter

emotional funny lighthearted mysterious reflective slow-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

2.5

I associate Angela Carter with a more fantastical kind of writing, and while her prose in this book was equally witty, bawdy, and bold, I think it just wasn’t what I expected. Perhaps I just don’t know enough about Shakespeare—or don’t care enough—to truly appreciate the plays on Shakespearean tropes that appear within this book. Maybe I was just not in the right headspace. But this was just not particularly gripping to me, though Carter’s writing, as always, dazzles.