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maryallain's review against another edition
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
inkwellimps's review against another edition
reflective
slow-paced
3.25
The author goes over a few famous fairy tales and uses them as loose metaphors to convey her ideas about the "wild woman" archetype. I hadn't realized this was more of a self-help book rather than an academic piece, the thesis here being that the women reading should liberate themselves from the expectations of society, including the expectations of parents and potential husbands. (It's nothing I disagree with, but I do think it was geared towards a different generation considering that I haven't felt the pressures that the author is describing. I felt a little alienated as a reoccurring idea is how the most liberated women all have terrible relationships with their parents. At the closing of the book, Estés talks about raising the next generation of women without stifling them, so maybe I'm just a part of that lucky later generation?)
Listening to the audiobook felt VERY much like listening to a sermon in my opinion.
Listening to the audiobook felt VERY much like listening to a sermon in my opinion.
black_flamed_candle_b00ks's review against another edition
dark
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
bestys_bookcase's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
4.75
racbuckallew's review against another edition
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
Difficult to get invested in, but I love women
nara_bs's review against another edition
5.0
This is not an easy reading, but, oh my, it's an expectacular one!
Clarissa is a storyteller and uses the stories she's heard thoughout her life to explore the archetype os the Wild Woman - that often hidden and forgotten fire that fosters criation and life deep whithin us.
It took me a long time to finish this book, something very unusual to me, but comprehensible, as I had to constantly close the book due to heavy crying or a crave to take a walk amongst the trees or the need to hug my mother.
I would dare to say that this is an obligatory reading to any woman. Specially any woman who is search for her true self.
Clarissa is a storyteller and uses the stories she's heard thoughout her life to explore the archetype os the Wild Woman - that often hidden and forgotten fire that fosters criation and life deep whithin us.
It took me a long time to finish this book, something very unusual to me, but comprehensible, as I had to constantly close the book due to heavy crying or a crave to take a walk amongst the trees or the need to hug my mother.
I would dare to say that this is an obligatory reading to any woman. Specially any woman who is search for her true self.
jacirasilva2's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
5.0