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The Price of Salt: Or Carol by Patricia Highsmith, Claire Morgan
4 reviews
thomasina's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Emotional abuse, and Homophobia
hanhantap's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
Finishing this beautiful novel as my 100th book of the year while listening to boygenius on shuffle...my mental health may never recover from this.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Lesbophobia and Homophobia
Moderate: Alcohol and Emotional abuse
Minor: Stalking
carolinalopes's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia
Moderate: Emotional abuse and Stalking
snowhitereads's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
tense
slow-paced
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
Merry Christmas everyone.
I hope everyone is well.
For my Christmas book, I read Carol by Patricia Highsmith.
Carol (originally titled The Price of Salt) is a classic of LGBTQ+ literature. Written in the 1950s, and of course Highsmith doesn't paint a picture of an alternative utopian society in the early 1950s where being LGBT is suddenly universally accepted, there are a fair number of obstacles for the two to overcome.
However, this book is a bit slow for my taste and i didn’t really like the characters. Their behaviours are at times toxic.
Of course I think it is easy to sometimes overlook how truly revolutionary this novel was at the time it was first published.
Despite my personal opinion on this book, it is a really important piece of LGBT literature.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Misogyny, Infidelity, and Emotional abuse
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