Reviews - The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels

48 reviews for:

The Grandmothers: Four Short Novels

Doris Lessing

3.49 AVERAGE

the_villager's review against another edition

5.0

emotional medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

laila4343's review against another edition

4.0

I can't remember what made me pick this book up, but I'm glad I did. It consists of four novellas, not linked together in any way. The first one (The Grandmothers) was my favorite. Lessing has a real knack for exploring the complexity of the human heart and I was intensely interested in these flawed and sympathetic characters. The one story that didn't work for me was the third one. I appreciated it intellectually but I couldn't emotionally connect. It was set in an ancient community where the wise and knowing elders were dying off one by one, and the rest of the culture was becoming violent and unthinking. But the other three stories are worth the read for sure.

yikestm's review against another edition

I made it through the first three stories but when I got to the 4th I was bored out of my mind to hear detail after detail after detail that didn’t seem to mean anything or be relevant to the story.

superlegitjoy's review against another edition

4.0

Dark, sinister stories of life that I did not especially like. But also great pacing, patience, and slow beauty. Especially 'A Love Child.'

khernandez5's review against another edition

4.0

*******I only read the first short story*******

I am quite satisfied by how accurately the movie Adore kept the original plot from the short story The Grandmothers. I liked getting more information on the story that was left out in the movie.