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sophievansaghi's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
2.5
swirls's review against another edition
5.0
Many of us will (or *should*) have read "The Yellow Wallpaper" in school - it deserves to be widely read and for more reasons than one. While "The Yellow Wallpaper" is a brilliant piece of writing, Charlotte Perkins Gilman will never be considered one of the literary greats of her time, with good reason. Modern readers will find her fiction overly formulaic and moralistic, and even the editor of this selection will describe her writing as quick and careless. However, this selection is fascinating for exposing not so much to her literary accomplishments, but to her humanist-feminist ideas, radical for her time.
Read the introduction last in order to better appreciate the stories.
Read the introduction last in order to better appreciate the stories.
allisonreadsdc's review against another edition
4.0
Although "The Yellow Wallpaper" is her most well-known short story, I think "If I Were a Man" is one of the most eye-opening stories of experiencing male privilige for the first time. The anthology is a quick but heavily relatable read.
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