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jana_kiss's review
emotional
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
annemariep68's review
4.0
This was a great collection and so much of what I like about Margaret Atwood as a speaker, advocate, as a social conscience of our society. She doesn’t pull any punches. Each story is very different but all tell life truths and are unflinching in sharing the human condition. I enjoyed it very much.
petitecourtney's review against another edition
5.0
Really lovely work, engaging prose and dynamic characters.
sarahreffstrup's review
4.0
Vi læste kun titel historien til mit fag om eventyr, men jeg ville gerne læse resten af bogen engang! En meget tankevækkende historie.
blmasmith12's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
relaxing
sad
5.0
Favorite Atwood
sweetramona's review against another edition
3.0
For some reason, Goodreads does not want me to review this book. Twice I have written a full review, and twice GR has "disappeared" it. Dare I try again? (Yes. But only because I am using this book for the CBC Books Bingo challenge, which requires writing a review for each book.)
So, I mostly enjoyed these stories about complex women who have private selves unknown to those around them. Many of them are very much underestimated by their loved ones, who see them as transparent and even archetypal (this pattern is reversed in the title story, in which a fleeting moment cracks open Sally's complacent understanding of her Bluebeard's Egg of a husband). Some of these women wish to be known, and some do not; some at least know themselves, and some are surprised by a sudden insight offered by another. There is a very clear current of second-wave feminism running through these stories, though they are not at all political—just very much focused on how women are redefining and reclaiming their own roles, separate from those the men in their lives imagine for them.
For me, the most successful stories here are the ones involving mothers and daughters, perhaps because they are the most universal. I've never regretted any time spent with Atwood's books, however, and this one is not exception.
So, I mostly enjoyed these stories about complex women who have private selves unknown to those around them. Many of them are very much underestimated by their loved ones, who see them as transparent and even archetypal (this pattern is reversed in the title story, in which a fleeting moment cracks open Sally's complacent understanding of her Bluebeard's Egg of a husband). Some of these women wish to be known, and some do not; some at least know themselves, and some are surprised by a sudden insight offered by another. There is a very clear current of second-wave feminism running through these stories, though they are not at all political—just very much focused on how women are redefining and reclaiming their own roles, separate from those the men in their lives imagine for them.
For me, the most successful stories here are the ones involving mothers and daughters, perhaps because they are the most universal. I've never regretted any time spent with Atwood's books, however, and this one is not exception.
ebokhyllami's review
4.0
Atwood og noveller. Hva kan jeg si? Særdeles god. Omtale kommer på bloggen min.
mehitabels's review against another edition
4.0
"The stars that originally sent out the light we see hesitating in the sky above us these nights, may be or is already gone."
"My mother has few stories to tell about these times. What I remember from them is the odd look I would sometimes catch in her eyes."
"My mother has few stories to tell about these times. What I remember from them is the odd look I would sometimes catch in her eyes."
neonpeg's review
4.0
The way she writes about women is almost unparalleled and the short story framework is a winner when there's a certain setting or character you're less interested in. All in all loved it but would love for someone to write like this for young women now!!