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abbybee's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.25
letty_and_books's review
3.0
I'm not sure it was intended but the heroine's boredom often mimicked my own tedious reading experience
waima_03's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
fast-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
5.0
constant_reader_19's review against another edition
5.0
I love Kate Chopin. My favorites were: 'The Story of an Hour' and 'Regret'.
kenoppi's review against another edition
4.0
the form was a bit strange in the beginning but the more i read the more invested i got in edna’s personal journey. i really enjoyed how visual & symbolic it was. it was necessarily subtle due to the time period and i didn’t see the ending coming at all, but looking back it was really the only conclusion. this was both introspective and ambiguous i loved it !
mrspenningalovesbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Kate Chopin & Mary Shelley are such goddess of the written word! I love this book, and reading it again, appreciated Chopin’s insight into the world of the late 1800’s. An awakening truly becomes a prison when there is no place to spread one’s wings.
“Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusion all one’s life.”
“But I don’t want anything but my own way. That is wanting a good deal, of course, when you have to trample upon the lives, the hearts, the prejudices, of others— but no matter— still, I shouldn’t want to trample upon the little lives.”
“A certain light was beginning to dawn dimly within her, the light which, showing the way, forbids it.”
“Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusion all one’s life.”
“But I don’t want anything but my own way. That is wanting a good deal, of course, when you have to trample upon the lives, the hearts, the prejudices, of others— but no matter— still, I shouldn’t want to trample upon the little lives.”
“A certain light was beginning to dawn dimly within her, the light which, showing the way, forbids it.”
ayane's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
circularcubes's review against another edition
4.0
I'd read two of Kate Chopin's stories before (Story of an Hour and A Pair of Silk Stockings), both of which I absolutely adored. I wanted to read more of her work because I knew her importance as an early feminist writer, and this book did not disappoint. The Awakening, while a little slow to start and somewhat uneven, was absolutely compelling. Thank god I'm not a woman living in that time period, because I would have handled marriage and motherhood even worse than Edna did. I would love to have read this for a class, because it's a great book to discuss with others (and that ending! My lord!)
The short stories, on a whole, didn't work so much for me, but I'm not a big fan of the short story to begin with. Nonetheless, there were a couple of stand outs (the two I'd read before and Desiree's Baby come immediately to mind) and on a whole they painted a colorful world which I haven't read much of before.
The short stories, on a whole, didn't work so much for me, but I'm not a big fan of the short story to begin with. Nonetheless, there were a couple of stand outs (the two I'd read before and Desiree's Baby come immediately to mind) and on a whole they painted a colorful world which I haven't read much of before.
fairyfi's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
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
4.0