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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
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:
No
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-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
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I just know this book would've changed my life had I been alive when it first came out. Still, I loved every second of it now.
Therese's obsessive personality was so interesting especially compared to the way Carol is portrayed. Home girl fell first, harder, and to a crazier level and I respect that. I really appreciated the times it was insinuated, between the lines and silences, what was truly going on between the women which added such a closeness to the narration that I feel the women who enjoyed this book first could truly understand and relate to.
I genuinely think this is an extraordinary book that honestly deserves the classic title. I don't think there's a single lesbian that doesn't know about it.
Therese's obsessive personality was so interesting especially compared to the way Carol is portrayed. Home girl fell first, harder, and to a crazier level and I respect that. I really appreciated the times it was insinuated, between the lines and silences, what was truly going on between the women which added such a closeness to the narration that I feel the women who enjoyed this book first could truly understand and relate to.
I genuinely think this is an extraordinary book that honestly deserves the classic title. I don't think there's a single lesbian that doesn't know about it.
Het boek gaat over een lesbische liefde in de jaren '50 in de Verenigde Staten. Tussen de 19 jarige Therèse en Carol, die in een scheiding ligt. Het verhaal vertelt goed hoe dat maatschappelijk lag in die tijd.
Ik vond de stijl heel koel, de personages wat afstandelijk. Daar moest ik wel aan wennen, maar ging ik verderop in het boek steeds meer waarderen. Het is ook heel filmisch, je ziet alles heel beeldend voor je. Wel zit er een soort schrijverstrucje in qua stijl om bij interne monologen de hele tijd de blik te volgen van het personage naar schijnbaar onbelangrijke details. (Die dan toch op een bepaalde manier veelzeggend zijn. Een beetje zoals in de film Magnolia). Daar zit ook een soort thriller achtige spanning in.
Ik vond de stijl heel koel, de personages wat afstandelijk. Daar moest ik wel aan wennen, maar ging ik verderop in het boek steeds meer waarderen. Het is ook heel filmisch, je ziet alles heel beeldend voor je. Wel zit er een soort schrijverstrucje in qua stijl om bij interne monologen de hele tijd de blik te volgen van het personage naar schijnbaar onbelangrijke details. (Die dan toch op een bepaalde manier veelzeggend zijn. Een beetje zoals in de film Magnolia). Daar zit ook een soort thriller achtige spanning in.
dark
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Definitely a book of its time when describing minority characters. It didn’t read like a love story to me. It was more of a young, sad, hurt woman who is trying to find a replacement mother and ends up in a toxic relationship with her.
As frustrated as I was with the book during the first half, it really more than made up for it in the second. The characters felt so real and so multi-faceted. You really see the character Therese grow and change throughout her experiences in the novel. She changes and yet remains the same. I appreciate that she was so frustrating at the outset, it offers an interesting glimpse into her psyche. She felt much more human than many of the other literary characters that I have encountered.
i fell asleep in the middle of writing a review last night and honestly that should tell you everything you need to know about this book.
skip this and just watch the film.
skip this and just watch the film.
emotional
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A wonderfully told tale of love that surprises and challenges both of the women involved, what I loved most about this novel was the palpably authentic descriptions of the certainty and insecurity, joy and frustration that accompanies falling hard and fast for another person and the difficulties, compromises and growth that result.
A few biographies of Highsmith have come out recently and were covered in the LRB at length. Highsmith for all her talent and success was a recluse and borderline evil person in her private life. Her life was almost as good as a novel and intrigued at her story, having never read any of her works, I picked up this one up. I was not disappointed - Highsmith's prose is so smooth and incisive. She really did have the gift.