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La Femme rompue by Simone de Beauvoir

4 reviews

mcrespo's review against another edition

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“i’m not a racist but don’t give a fuck for algerians jews n*groes in just the same way i don’t give a fuck for ch*nks russians yanks frenchmen” (105). - and with that, i close this rancid book. i really tried to enjoy this novel, and i tried to overlook the sinophobia, homophobia, and racial slurs to find something meaningful, but i’m not sure who’s reading this and remarking of it’s feminist glory when the descriptions of women are very misogynistic and the protagonist can’t stop comparing herself to other women nor remarking of her incredible superiority to them. “i’m not like the other girls” correct!! you are worse! rest in piss simone de beauvoir (or at least rest in piss to your god awful protagonists) <3 and for the love of god knock it off with the run-on sentences. use a comma for christ’s sake. half a star for at least touching on some moving aspects of the aging of women that i found interesting and insightful and -4.5 stars for being a bigot! 
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_fallinglight_'s review against another edition

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challenging dark reflective sad tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

I couldn't connect with the first story, "The Age of Discretion." It was the soporific ramblings of a boy mom, and the last novella was annoying. The standout for me was definitely "The Monologue." Pure, unadulterated female rage, and maybe it's concerning, but I found myself relating a lot to the MC, Murielle, at least with the misanthropic and nihilistic thoughts, her acidic homophobic and racist diatribes notwithstanding. The writing was chef's kiss, run-on sentences and all. The psychotic stream of consciousness was both chaotic and tragic to follow, but reading Murielle's delusions of grandeur and excessive narcissism wasn't as dreadful as when men do it. I think this manifesto against the world is the one I'll keep coming back to, and maybe I'll even make it a tradition to read it on every new year's day starting next year lol
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ericaw212's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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nabila99's review against another edition

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dark emotional reflective sad tense 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

4.5

my first experience with de Beauvoir was reading the second sex for gender theory class at university. if only i knew she was so talented a fiction writer as well!

this book is absolutely heart-wrenching, so much so that i had to start reading another book in the middle of it, even though i was really enjoying it, because it is so heavy....i've read novels with much darker and sadder subject material, but the way de Beauvoir writes about pain, loss of identity, desperation, resentment, hope, and despair is so visceral i cried multiple times, especially in the last eponymous short story. she captures women's suffering like no other.

i only took off a half star because the writing style in the second short story, the monologue, is so difficult to follow (even though it's genius and i admire the technique and contrast in narrative voices), and some of the side characters could have been more fleshed out. 

cannot wait to read more of de Beauvoir's work!
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