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hilaryrowell's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
el_bez's review
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
cecilie_who_reads's review against another edition
5.0
This book is hilarious. Not with a dry and bleak sarcasm like most of Fay Weldon's humour, but with a cornucopia of improbable coincidences, a heroin who is just more beautiful and talented than any other girl around her, and a villain who is just simply bad ... bad, greedy, and horny.
I have heard that Fay Weldon really wanted to end her books badly, but was told to make hopeful endings so that they would sell. I don't know if that is true, but if it was, this could be her way of writing demonstratively unrealistic and happy endings.
A bit like "Der König reitender Bote", the royal messenger in the end of Brecht and Weill's Three Penny Opera.
It is so funny, AND at the same time I just allowed myself to be happy that the good people were rewarded and the bad people had their coming-up.
I have heard that Fay Weldon really wanted to end her books badly, but was told to make hopeful endings so that they would sell. I don't know if that is true, but if it was, this could be her way of writing demonstratively unrealistic and happy endings.
A bit like "Der König reitender Bote", the royal messenger in the end of Brecht and Weill's Three Penny Opera.
It is so funny, AND at the same time I just allowed myself to be happy that the good people were rewarded and the bad people had their coming-up.
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