Reviews - De gebroken vrouw

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De gebroken vrouw

Simone de Beauvoir

3.99 AVERAGE

rociobn28's review against another edition

4.5

dark emotional reflective sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

emmarder's review against another edition

3.0

We RIDE for Monique

The Age of Discretion: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Monologue: ⭐️⭐️
The Woman Destroyed: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

drewo's review against another edition

4.25

dark emotional sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

The first one: loved. I found it not too disturbing in terms of like sadness and it had like a happy ending but it was definitely like a good image of aging and the loneliness that comes with it. Second one: not my fav. The style of the book was too much for me. It felt hard to read and like too much idk. Third: actually so sad . Like at first I was like enthralled a bit and like teaaa but the ending actually depressed me so much it was like not good but also good .

iuliass's review against another edition

3.0

challenging dark emotional hopeful medium-paced

taylorlikesbooks's review against another edition

4.25

emotional reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

min3's review against another edition

4.0

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rowanelisa's review against another edition

5.0

emotional informative reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Content Warnings

juliajjshields's review against another edition

3.0

what a depressing lil book. 3 stories about 3 different women. the writing & points in the first were my favorite. I didn’t care for the second…it was hard to get through honestly. I read various other books since starting this one just because I dreaded returning to the second story. The final story titled the woman destroyed was just so sad…following the diary entries of a woman whose husband is having an affair. My heart broke for her. de Beauvoir is a strong storyteller but thats nothing new!

I think considering I struggle with mental health, I need a book that has at least some light or warmth. This was just 254 single lined pages of beautifully written tragedy lol. I can see myself returning to it later in life & appreciating it more deeply. I hope that then I’d be reading it in French & that I wouldn’t relate to the crises they’re going through! All to say, this just really wasn’t it for me rn

“Chaque atome de silence // Est la chance d'un fruit mûr” (16)

qiseijuu's review against another edition

5.0

emotional sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

An incredible book, I finished it so quickly. The book is broken up into three parts, with each part sharing a different woman’s story. Every woman felt so real and believable, I had so much sympathy for all of them. The first part, “The Age of Discretion” was a moving piece about the stubbornness, fear, and stagnation of growing older. The woman’s husband, attributing all of his loss in passion to growing older—and the woman herself refusing to give up her passions to old age. She also is dealing with the shock of her son choosing a career that she feels betrays their political and social beliefs. On top of this, her latest book was lacking in “new ideas” and she faces harsh criticism from the academic world that sends her spiraling into a depression. The middle part, “The Monologue” was a confusing and rambling story told from the perspective of a woman on New Years who is so angry; it was really incredible how Simone wrote her perspective so beautifully. She is trying to mend her relationship with her ex husband so that she can see her son again. Her loneliness is tangible. The last part, “The Woman Destroyed” is about a woman who finds out her husband is having an affair with a younger woman and tries to come to terms with it. It is heart wrenching. I couldn’t help but be a mix of angry and sad as I read about how “natural” it was that her husband of twenty two years would rather cheat and allow her to stagnate rather than break off the relationship early on and set her free. Absolutely wonderful book, full stars.

briannad4's review against another edition

3.0

Plot or Character Driven: Character

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