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3.45 AVERAGE
3.45 AVERAGE
This is the second book in Lawrence’s duology (the first being The Rainbow).
I really liked that this book focused on the two sisters, Ursula and Gudrun. The rainbow seemed to only focus on Anna and Ursula, and while I liked seeing the contrast between mother and daughter, I was curious to know about Ursula’s relationships with her siblings.
This book also focuses on the relationships that Ursula and Gudrun have, and it looks into the complexity of relationships. Ursula is attracted to a man who wants a different type of relationship, and believes that one should strive for an almost other worldly sense of relationships. Meaning that the love you have for one person, and being loved by just one person isn’t enough.
Gudrun experiences a different relationship with a man; her lover seems to be more of a player, which is fine to Gudrun as she also doesn’t want to settle down. She’s an artist and wants to explore her art and herself, and not necessarily be shackled to one person.
I really like how this book looks at how complicated relationships are, which hasn’t really changed. One thing I want to point out with this book is the discussion of physical violence and understand that the way it’s presented was how it was presented when the book was published. One a father hit his daughter across the face in the book, her lover asked her what she did, as if it was her fault. This bothered me when I read it, but I remembered that this would have been the response back then and I’m so grateful that we have come such a long way from that point!
I really liked that this book focused on the two sisters, Ursula and Gudrun. The rainbow seemed to only focus on Anna and Ursula, and while I liked seeing the contrast between mother and daughter, I was curious to know about Ursula’s relationships with her siblings.
This book also focuses on the relationships that Ursula and Gudrun have, and it looks into the complexity of relationships. Ursula is attracted to a man who wants a different type of relationship, and believes that one should strive for an almost other worldly sense of relationships. Meaning that the love you have for one person, and being loved by just one person isn’t enough.
Gudrun experiences a different relationship with a man; her lover seems to be more of a player, which is fine to Gudrun as she also doesn’t want to settle down. She’s an artist and wants to explore her art and herself, and not necessarily be shackled to one person.
I really like how this book looks at how complicated relationships are, which hasn’t really changed. One thing I want to point out with this book is the discussion of physical violence and understand that the way it’s presented was how it was presented when the book was published. One a father hit his daughter across the face in the book, her lover asked her what she did, as if it was her fault. This bothered me when I read it, but I remembered that this would have been the response back then and I’m so grateful that we have come such a long way from that point!
read a long time ago--for a class at the Frankfurt Uni.
The irritating bits of The Rainbow come to the fore, but this one's probably more focused.
Phew. Finally finished.
It's a tough one to get through. A lot of profound, accurate theses throughout, but what the book is about and how it is strung together is a bit above my head.
It's a tough one to get through. A lot of profound, accurate theses throughout, but what the book is about and how it is strung together is a bit above my head.
This book would be more aptly titled "Men Who Would Rather Not Love Women."
I ended up liking this book a lot more than I thought I would. It’s a masterpiece buried under just how overwritten it is and would very much benefit from adaptation. It needed a very strict and ruthless editor. Where is Ezra Pound when you actually need him?
And anyways Rupert Birkin is hot, I’d know his secret darkness any day if you know what I mean.
And anyways Rupert Birkin is hot, I’d know his secret darkness any day if you know what I mean.
resurrecting this goodreads account just to say that this is PERHAPS the epitome of pretentious literary 'classics', am meant to read this for a seminar, and am quitting halfway through a chapter. 270 pages in and if i listen to another one of these v v unlikeable characters chat shit for 5 pages about how they hate humanity or something I may quit my degree. For context, one of the main characters is based on the author himself and mirrors his views, which are retrospectively pretentious and maudlin and are the makings of a very successful tumblr account among emo tweens. Ironically, this boy chats pure shite about how boring the world is whilst being trapped in maybe the most boring novel I've read all year, and there's also a weird bit in this where this girl starts dancing around some cows in some sort of spiritual way. It's probably significant - something about cows. Are we all just cows? Or are we all just women dancing around aimlessly in a cow field? Or maybe we must make the connection between the cow and the woman, the human and the animal???????????? VERY insightful, thought-provoking stuff.
This novel is nearly 500 pages long in like a size 10 font :( also will probs delete this review soon but just thought I seemed cute in it :3
This novel is nearly 500 pages long in like a size 10 font :( also will probs delete this review soon but just thought I seemed cute in it :3
I don't think Lawrence was banned because his books were controversial. I think it's because they are so boring and awful. They just wanted to save people the trouble.