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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
i liked the book, just didnt really relate to the characters or feel super invested. i do think taking your girlfriend on a month long road trip out west is always a great idea though!
personagens chatas. diálogos chatos. história chata
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The hope at the end of this book and reading the afterword from
the '90s in my edition was too much for my little heart to handle.
the '90s in my edition was too much for my little heart to handle.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Homophobia, Infidelity, Lesbophobia
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
dark
funny
hopeful
inspiring
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was like reading a love child between Bret Easton Ellis and Sylvia Plath. Not one of my favorites, but not terrible either.
entre que el libro ni fu ni fa, que la señora era anti-semitista y que encima decía que las mujeres con regla no tendrían que tener permitido entrar en bibliotecas… me la pela. hay mejores libros saficos que este
SPOILER REVIEW
The Price of Salt is very much about the fiery first love that awakes Therese’s desires. Throughout, it’s curious how Carol appears both warm and cold, she reaches out emotionally, then retreats as if burned — by what? It seems clear that Carol is jaded by her previous experiences. She is an older woman, for her Therese is not a first love, neither a first experience. She stood to lose much more, and she did. This hot-and-coldness from Therese’s perspective reads very much like a strong crush where you feel hyper-vigilant about every glance, every word, every wrong intonation: does she like me? Does she hate me now? It is nerve-wracking.
They're not horrid. One's just supposed to conform. I know what they'd like, they'd like a blank they could fill in. A person already filled in disturbs them terribly.
In a heteronormative society, the way we react to lesbian love is very different from male gay love. Often, lesbian affections are written off as something frivolous, a school girl phase, a confusion for close friendship. But there is no mistaking Therese’s feelings for Carol. It is so explicit when compared to all her feelings for the men in her life. She feels no affections for Richard.
Therese lacking a maternal figure is also filled in by Carol’s presence. She is initially the more passive one in the dynamic, always waiting on Carol, always yielding to Carol. And Carol, on multiple occasions, commands her what to do. Yet, when it comes to the confession, it is Therese who says ‘I love you’ first. To me, it’s interesting to see this as the daring spirit of youth, contrasted with the reservation of maturity. In the end, I believe that Carol is inspired by Therese’s passion and does not surrender to Harge’s family. She chooses Therese. Therese’s initial rejection of Carol in the café is clearly a sort of bravado. But deep down her mind was made up.
Happiness was like a green vine spreading through her, stretching fine tendrils, bearing flowers through her flesh. She had a vision of a pale-white flower, shimmering as if seen in darkness, or through water. Why did people talk of heaven, she wondered.
"How was it possible to be afraid and in love... The two things did not go together. How was it possible to be afraid, when the two of them grew stronger together every day?" A darn good listen narrated by one of my favorites. Now I'm wondering where/how I can see the movie.