1.37k reviews for:

After Sappho

Selby Wynn Schwartz

3.69 AVERAGE

sydeeye's review against another edition

3.5

slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

hlhe_37's review against another edition

2.0

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Boring 

nookandcrannyseattle's review against another edition

3.0

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Oh dear....I SO wanted to love this. I get the concept, and I dare say it accomplished what the author hoped. But it just doesn't work for me. I like fragmented novels, but it either needs to be fragments of a story OR fragments of a character. If it's fragments of many people's stories, I just can't find much to care about. Maybe she wanted me to care about feminism? But I already do. That's why I read the book. Gotta give me a little more. I've been looking forward to reading this for so long and got my expectations so high...kinda bummed about it, tbh.

cheesey's review

3.5

challenging inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Too complicated for me. 

“We wavered between invoking our desires aloud and shyly hoping that they would simply happen to us, like weather.”

laynie_rearick's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

wildcard_vi's review against another edition

3.0

emotional informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A

martareader's review against another edition

4.0

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an interesting read

wendle's review against another edition

4.0

informative lighthearted reflective medium-paced

rakishabpl's review

2.0

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Better to be read than listened to on audiobook. I will revisit.

jmarchek's review

3.0

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I found this interesting. However, the sad truth was that only independently wealthy women had the freedom to truly be out and themselves.