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A review by cecereads__
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark
3.75
A teacher who thinks highly of herself, very unlikeable (as intended), has a small group of girls in her prime called the Brodie set.
I wasn’t too invested, it wasn’t exactly a page-turner, and after having read Pet by Catherine Chidgey (even bough she was seemingly inspired by this one), I can’t give it a higher rating. I’m sure it would have been a provocative, possibly “scandalous”, book back then. The author doesn’t shy away from taboo subjects, for example.
Really interesting elements that make up this story, and we follow the girls growing up throughout the 1930’s Edinburgh (with the Spanish civil war and Hitler’s rise included).
I wasn’t too invested, it wasn’t exactly a page-turner, and after having read Pet by Catherine Chidgey (even bough she was seemingly inspired by this one), I can’t give it a higher rating. I’m sure it would have been a provocative, possibly “scandalous”, book back then. The author doesn’t shy away from taboo subjects, for example.
Really interesting elements that make up this story, and we follow the girls growing up throughout the 1930’s Edinburgh (with the Spanish civil war and Hitler’s rise included).
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Toxic friendship