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lila_16's review
dark
reflective
sad
fast-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
5.0
meja_hagman's review
dark
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
5.0
camilsoren's review
lighthearted
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
morebedsidebooks's review
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Emotional abuse, and Physical abuse
Moderate: Classism, Sexism, and Alcohol
Minor: Death of parent
At one point the main character is victim-blamed by a stranger. Scarlet fever also appears in the story.esoreilla's review
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse and Emotional abuse
Minor: Rape
hazelpine's review
3.0
This is about a teen girl who has an affair with her father's mistress - there are a couple parts that tease at the D/s nature of the relationship. some begging on the floor - but mostly it's good for the setting and the descriptions of longing.
nhacco's review
5.0
Wow. This book is incredibly complex and messed up.
Mallet-Joris was a very precocious and mature young 19 year-old and the time she wrote this novel...
She was able to write and absolutely astonishing and multilayered and enraging relationship with an art very few could master at a much older age... A better review will come along, i'm just a bit overwhelmed at the moment.
Recommend!
Mallet-Joris was a very precocious and mature young 19 year-old and the time she wrote this novel...
She was able to write and absolutely astonishing and multilayered and enraging relationship with an art very few could master at a much older age... A better review will come along, i'm just a bit overwhelmed at the moment.
Recommend!
chriswolak's review
5.0
The fact that Mallet-Joris wrote this novel in 1952 when she was only 19 is amazing to me. The psychological awareness that she has in her descriptions of interactions between characters is fascinating. I thought about this novel and Tamara long after having finished it. Is Tamara a pathetic figure or a tragic character, or both? Take my advice and skip Terry Castle's intro at least until after you've read the book. I believe Sarah Waters would've written a more appropriate and engaging into, but she was relegated to a blurb on the front cover of the edition that I have.
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