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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
Very well written and I loved the ending. But I didn't like Therese or Carol so it just didn't fully work for me. I'm not a fan of "love at first sight" or "obsession" love stories and this was fully that. Therese seemed like a little kid and I never felt like Carol was present when they were together? But I appreciated the story a lot and how it didn't just end with doom and gloom like a lot of LGBTQ+ stories of the time did.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
The characters are delightfully imperfect people (my god are they toxic) and I could not put this book, or their story down.
Another bonus (to me) was the bittersweet but hopeful ending. Queer people hardly ever get that in literature (espacially older books) so this was incredibly refreshing to read and I will probably read it again at some point.
Another bonus (to me) was the bittersweet but hopeful ending. Queer people hardly ever get that in literature (espacially older books) so this was incredibly refreshing to read and I will probably read it again at some point.
Me gustó mucho esta novela, es muy rápida de leer y muy visual, obvio que tenían que transformala en película y quiero mucho verla. Es la historia de dos mujeres, una mucho más joven que la otra, que se conocen en una juguetería en Manhattan, justo antes de navidad en los años cincuenta, una historia muy disruptiva para la época que hizo que la autora decidiera publicarla con un pseudónimo.
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5 stars. The writing is very good. I love these scenes and descriptions. The character development is wonderful. But the dialogue was lacking. It's written in a way that satisfies short story writing, but not enough for a novel.
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I’m somewhat in the middle with my feelings with The Price of Salt. It more slow paced than my normal reads and find myself not much enthralled by the dialogue. I found it kind of choppy at certain points and odd.
What I did like is the depiction of Therese’s infatuation with Carol. I wished there was a POV for Carol to see her thought processes when it came to her engaging with Therese.
Other than that it was an okay read.
What I did like is the depiction of Therese’s infatuation with Carol. I wished there was a POV for Carol to see her thought processes when it came to her engaging with Therese.
Other than that it was an okay read.
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:
Yes
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated