Reviews

He, She and It by Marge Piercy

jennykeery's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional 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? Yes

5.0

droppinghairpins's review against another edition

slow-paced

4.0

pumpkinpie4me's review against another edition

• Strong character development? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Infertility, Murder, Death, and Pedophilia

andriella's review against another edition

adventurous challenging tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

4.25

numail4me's review against another edition

1.0

I'm not saying it's bad, but it's not for me

kirstenreading's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

lexnovak7's review

3.0

it wasn't *terrible*, but i also wouldn't have chosen to read it on my own

possibilityleft's review

Too dense and hard to follow

hoperu's review against another edition

3.0

This really did take me almost all year to read. I thought it was good, if a bit longer than it needed to be. I kept losing momentum in the golem sections.

beluamarina's review against another edition

adventurous emotional reflective relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

I really loved this book. I can understand people finding imperfections and others having a different taste, but to me every little thing made sense and the whole story and characters' development really touched me. I was hooked on

Shira and Yod's

relationship and its progression. It made me think stuff about morality, love, freedom, feminism. But maybe most importantly, it kept me interested, made me laugh, made me cry, made me wonder.