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3.65 AVERAGE
3.65 AVERAGE
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
slow-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
It's not as good as Cat's Eye, but it's still a good Atwood novel. The ending is a little too sad for my taste, but it follows the thematic elements established, so I'm not mad at it.
it ends like a vicious circle doomed to repeat until the end of time, and that's just a little too sad for me, ya know? Like, at the end of Cat's Eye, you get the idea that the maim character GREW from her mistakes. In Lady Oracle, it feels like the character grew weaker and weaker over time, so it feels rather hopeless at the end
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Toxic relationship
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement
It was amazing and extremely entertaining.
When I started the book and Joan said she pretended her death I thought her life was going to be a lot more dramatic, so I was a bit disappointed about that. I still don't understand why she lied so much, I think it was a kind of pathology or something. And I really hated Arthur, what a selfish and stupid man!
But I gave it 5 stars because the writing is excellent (as is always the case with Margaret Atwood) and I had a lot of fun reading it!
When I started the book and Joan said she pretended her death I thought her life was going to be a lot more dramatic, so I was a bit disappointed about that. I still don't understand why she lied so much, I think it was a kind of pathology or something. And I really hated Arthur, what a selfish and stupid man!
But I gave it 5 stars because the writing is excellent (as is always the case with Margaret Atwood) and I had a lot of fun reading it!
A surprisingly uneven and tedious read. Especially in a time when she was writing about “notable” CanLit and leaving out the women who explored these themes before her.
funny
reflective
slow-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
challenging
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Margaret Atwood is truly an incredible author, whose writing is without fault.
This exploration of a woman’s role was incredibly complex and interesting; especially alongside a look into a character whose “fatness” came before she was acknowledged as a woman or any other personal trait, and how this impacted her.
At times I got a little lost as the book jumped forwards and backwards in her life. The story also dragged a little bit in the middle.
Overall, a good read!
This exploration of a woman’s role was incredibly complex and interesting; especially alongside a look into a character whose “fatness” came before she was acknowledged as a woman or any other personal trait, and how this impacted her.
At times I got a little lost as the book jumped forwards and backwards in her life. The story also dragged a little bit in the middle.
Overall, a good read!
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
challenging
funny
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
It took me a while to get around to reading this one and I'm not sure why as it's as amazing as all of Atwood's other books that I've enjoyed immensely. Atwood is again providing thought provoking narrative with wit and scathing satire at society's need to control the individual. Joan Foster is a feminist writer who makes more money writing romance novels as Louisa Delacourt. Having faked her death to escape her boring marriage, and life, Joan is now staying in Italy and hoping no one there remembers her from when she holidayed there with her husband. This part of the narrative is interspersed with Joan's recollections of childhood, a not entirely happy one as a chubby child who battled with her mother over her weight. As in 'The Edible Woman' Atwood examines the role society plays in putting pressure on people to conform to certain stereotypes or body images. Joan's mother is the voice for society with her desire to have the perfect daughter, instead of the chubby girl who doesn't quite fit in that she is left with. Meanwhile, the romance novel that Joan is currently writing under her pseudonym also makes sporadic appearances, fulfilling all the cliches that you'd expect from that type of romance novel. Atwood is once again at her satirical best, so glads I finally got around to reading it and wish I had done so sooner.