Reviews

Desgraça by J.M. Coetzee

jess_mango's review against another edition

5.0

Do not read this book if you are looking for a happy, uplifting read...Disgrace is excellent but depressing (who could've guessed from the title! ;) ) The book takes place in South Africa and the protaganist is a 50-something professor who resigns from his job after his sexual harassmet and seduction of one of his students is discovered. The professor then moves to the country to live with his daughter and rediscover himself.

A short, excellent read that is very worthy of the Booker prize that it won!

lindsayaunderwood's review against another edition

3.0

This book was fine. Very well written but the story itself was kind of meh. Honestly want to read more about his daughter as opposed to the main character.

neilmartin's review against another edition

3.0

I found this really hard to get through. Maybe because of some of the things that happen but it was a dark read.

It’s an interesting story of how the social landscape of 1990s South Africa was just after the fall of the apartheid.

burgsandbeans's review against another edition

2.75

Not the read I thought it would be. It didn't make me feel or think like I'd hoped. I do like Coetzee's writing though. It's concise but expansive, he can convey a lot with few words. 

ania2204's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

ashleylyoung's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense fast-paced

5.0

First Coetzee won’t be the last, loved it.

rdubs's review against another edition

dark reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

junyan's review against another edition

2.0

厌女症什么时候才能根治？女性什么时候才能被视作位于主体的真正的人？男女差异什么时候才能被正视为不带生理解剖意味的历史性问题？“肉食男”就像巴普洛夫的狗，自我认知离不开女性，为了被父权社会的中心群体接纳而蔑视女性的观念已经如此寻常，就像呼吸空气一样理所当然。女性崛起是场漫长且流血的斗争。
露西是受压迫的女性，也是坚强的女性。

erintowner's review against another edition

3.0

Definitely made me think. Worth the read.

embermai's review against another edition

dark emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0