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firvida's review
4.0
Necesitaba un libro que me recordara la existencia de LITERATURA. Llevo demasiado tiempo sumida en novelas románticas contemporáneas muy, muy mediocres, con finales felices inverosímiles, lo cual está bien durante un tiempo, pero a largo plazo las Ruth de la vida nos sentimos una mierda: ¿dónde está nuestro final feliz? Lo que le pasa a Ruth, lo que siente Ruth, no es tan raro. Es la vida. Puedes ser inteligente, amable y buena persona y que la vida no te lo devuelva. Es así. Eso pasa. Y está bien que, de vez en cuando, lo recordemos.
kirsten0929's review against another edition
4.0
[1981] notes to self…Fantastic opening line: “Dr. Weiss, at forty, knew that her life had been ruined by literature.” My sixth and maybe favorite Brookner so far. As usual, both dated and timeless, which I find disorienting but also endearing. Loneliness, infidelity, waiting, aging, resistance, acceptance, resignation, questionable decision making, desperation, dysfunction. If you’re going to read Brookner, this is what you’re going to get, love it or leave it. Paced fairly well until the end when it seemed to squoosh a lot in to wrap it up.
byp's review against another edition
4.0
British lady has awful parents and starts going to school to get away from them.
laila4343's review against another edition
3.0
Brookner's first novel. Kind of a downer, but beautifully written.
reneoro's review
4.0
A sus cuarenta años, la doctora Weiss comprendió que la literatura le había destrozado la vida.
mariamag001's review
dark
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
5.0
harrirl0's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
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? No
4.0
william1349's review against another edition
4.0
Sometimes I read an Anita Brookner novel and wonder if it’s misogynistic to enjoy writing that is so sadistically cruel to these poor women