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3.96 AVERAGE
3.96 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-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
What really got me about this book, aside from the revolutionary fact that it's a lesbian romance in the 1950s, is the historical context. It's not historical fiction, but because of when it was written, we get some very interesting snapshots of what life was like before modern technology, especially modern communication tech.
On the queerness of this book, while the main characters do face forced heteronormativity, the fact that it's never in question that they are both women who love women is very refreshing.
and while there are complications and backlash in the end, they get to be happy together. There's no death, Therese goes back to Carol, and they get to be together.
On the queerness of this book, while the main characters do face forced heteronormativity, the fact that it's never in question that they are both women who love women is very refreshing.
An early lesbian novel. I'm not sure how I missed this one. Dykes and a road trip! What's not to love?
‘It would be Carol, in a thousand cities, a thousand houses, in foreign lands where they would go together, in heaven and in hell.’
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
nada como leer carol en diciembre mientras vos también te enganchás con una chica. fue una montaña rusa de emociones, y por momentos estaba un poco decepcionada porque decía "che no sé si me está gustando tanto como esperaba", pero ahora que lo terminé y me quedé pensando en el libro, puedo decir que me encantó. el personaje de carol me parece más complejo de lo que recordaba en la película, y me parecería interesante leer la historia desde su punto de vista. therese fue extremadamente relatable lo cual me preocupó un poquito porque por momentos pensaba "mmm hermana no te parece un montón?"
me pasó lo mismo que con la habitación de giovanni, me la pasé subrayando frases, marcando palabras y dejando anotaciones en casi todas las páginas. algo que no pasaba hace bastante.
en fin, muy lindo libro. de mis lecturas favoritas del año, incluso diría que de mis lecturas favoritas en general. sé que lo voy a releer en un futuro cercano y que lo voy a disfrutar aún más que ahora.
me pasó lo mismo que con la habitación de giovanni, me la pasé subrayando frases, marcando palabras y dejando anotaciones en casi todas las páginas. algo que no pasaba hace bastante.
en fin, muy lindo libro. de mis lecturas favoritas del año, incluso diría que de mis lecturas favoritas en general. sé que lo voy a releer en un futuro cercano y que lo voy a disfrutar aún más que ahora.
Every time a woman loves another woman cancer is cured in an alternate universe <3
(Cried my eyes out during the afterword)
(Cried my eyes out during the afterword)
Patricia Highsmith, on this novel, said "Prior to this book, homosexuals male and female in American novels had had to pay for their deviation by cutting their wrists, drowning themselves in a swimming pool, or by switching to heterosexuality (so it was stated), or by collapsing - alone and miserable and shunned -into a depression equal to hell."
emotional
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
tense
slow-paced
Interesting to read the first lesbian romance book that isn't a tragedy, but wasn't 100% my cup of tea. Well written tho!