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3.81 AVERAGE
3.81 AVERAGE
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
N/A
A bit slow. Slow character development. But once it got going it was good. But that wasn’t until about the 70% mark. It’s a nice story of strong women who have been beaten down, heartbroken, or bullied by men finding their strength and rising to overcome these men. It’s a story of friendships, and women working together to help other women rise up and do amazing things.
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Light and enjoyable. A few real life literary characters from the era to spice it up, which was the attraction for me in the first place.
informative
I have been waiting for Jenner's new book since I fell in love with The Jane Austen Society. In Bloomsbury Girls, there is lots of literature talk, particularly about societal dismissal and erasure of women's writing; there is lots of behind-the-scenes peeking at how a bookshop of old was run; there are a bunch of interesting characters. It works well, but it isn't as deeply resonant as JAS. In JAS, plain village people (and some outsiders) with little in common with one another found themselves as kindred spirits as they discussed and argued and listened to one another about Jane Austen's works. And also, there is a tone of such deep grief, and how one lives through it all. Bloomsbury Girls, on the other hand, is more of a straightforward narrative, with a large cast of characters, shout-outs to all sorts of real mid-century literary lions, a keen eye for social straitjackets that are about to come unlaced. How the conundrum at the center of the story will be solved begins to impinge on the reader as there are more pages on the left than on the right: Will it be resolved satisfactorily, or will it be rushed? (The former.) I do recommend this book as a fun summer read. And I look forward to NJ's next work...I hope for it.
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes