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O femeie obişnuită

Margaret Atwood

3.67 AVERAGE

akarr's review against another edition

4.0

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Atwood never fails to astound me!

ryguysmile's review against another edition

4.25

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

auroramw's review against another edition

3.0

challenging reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

lessiandbooks's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

howiereads's review against another edition

4.0

mysterious tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I loved the start of this book and saw pieces of myself in the main character Marian. Although she's a typical young woman, there's this sense of her being on the outside looking in. She feels confined by her life but is too caught up in it and worried about offending people to make any changes, so she gets involved with someone new and ends up letting that relationship force the issue.
As the book went on I got frustrated by her choices and passivity, and I didn't really get the ending.

rachelevelyn's review against another edition

3.75

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I enjoyed this but some of it felt quite slow and dated. You can tell it is written half a century ago! 

dudaribas's review against another edition

3.0

challenging reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

oliviaomwong's review against another edition

3.75

mysterious reflective fast-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

the_well_read_rose's review against another edition

3.5

slow-paced

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Quite slow paced for my usual taste but full of feminine rage and incredibly sharp and insightful. This is a slow, reflective dismantling of a woman’s sense of self under societal pressure. 

mothbaby's review against another edition

4.5

challenging dark mysterious reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes