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georgina_ainsley's review
adventurous
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
quietjenn's review
4.0
I feel like Joanna Godden is such a Women's Studies dissertation (or multiple ones) waiting to happen. (It's entirely possible these dissertations already exist. I'm out of that world, I just know that I'd never heard of it before stumbling on it.) It's maybe a little too melodramatic to be a full-on classic, but! She's an excellent character. Thorny and complicated and complex and proud and smart and flawed and great at her work and terrible at love and so very much more than many female characters get to be, even today. It's not without it's weaknesses and it's certainly of its age/literary place, but still pretty remarkable.
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