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3.8 AVERAGE
3.8 AVERAGE
The Robber Bride is a different sort of novel than what I was expecting from Margaret Atwood, but it was still a hard book to put down! The title references the Grimm Brothers' fairy tale: The Robber Bridegroom which I had never heard of before, but you can read here.
Atwood is writing to her age group in this tale, which is an older deomgraphic than I usually read, but it was still intrinsically an Atwood novel. The narrative rotates between three old friends, Tony, Charis, and Roz, as well as the past and the present. The three women are tied together by one more woman, Zenia, and the university the four attended. Zenia, the dead and the vil, ties these women together as she destroys their lives, betrays them completely, but she never gets a chance to tell her story (though I would have loved a Zenia point-of-view!).
The women think they have moved past Zenia and the pain she has caused, until they see her while they're out to lunch, or at least, they think they do. Is Zenia still alive? And how can she hurt them now?
As I already said, I could hardly put this down. This was a great novel. I loved it. Read it & read on!
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Atwood is writing to her age group in this tale, which is an older deomgraphic than I usually read, but it was still intrinsically an Atwood novel. The narrative rotates between three old friends, Tony, Charis, and Roz, as well as the past and the present. The three women are tied together by one more woman, Zenia, and the university the four attended. Zenia, the dead and the vil, ties these women together as she destroys their lives, betrays them completely, but she never gets a chance to tell her story (though I would have loved a Zenia point-of-view!).
The women think they have moved past Zenia and the pain she has caused, until they see her while they're out to lunch, or at least, they think they do. Is Zenia still alive? And how can she hurt them now?
As I already said, I could hardly put this down. This was a great novel. I loved it. Read it & read on!
Like the review? Check out more at http://myabsolutelyridiculouslife.blogspot.com/search/label/Books
Much harder plot for me to follow, I was less invested in the characters.
I love Atwood, I try to read one of her books a year, a feminist story for sure but the writing style just makes my heart happy.
Jury is still out...really, I'm not too sure about this one....
fiction about a mysterious woman who has impacted three friends’ lives. i went into this knowing nothing and loved its premise as it developed. it was very different from the previous atwood book i read, oryx and crake, but equally enjoyed it for its realistic nature and mystery. the characters all felt realistic and life-like - it was easy to envision them and root for them. i think this is a book that many people will enjoy, from fans of atwood and her work to fans of books about gossip, deception and female villians.
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Atwood dedicates a lot of space to character description, resulting in excruciatingly slow plot development. And the characters are unlikable, so it's no fun to read about them. They're just annoying and frustrating. Which makes them quite believable, I suppose.
Surely, given Atwood's genius and intentionality, there is some message I'm missing, but it was not a gripping or fun read.
Atwood dedicates a lot of space to character description, resulting in excruciatingly slow plot development. And the characters are unlikable, so it's no fun to read about them. They're just annoying and frustrating. Which makes them quite believable, I suppose.
Surely, given Atwood's genius and intentionality, there is some message I'm missing, but it was not a gripping or fun read.
The story took a long time to get going, and I never really understood the point of why Zenia was so awful. But Atwood's writing is spectacular, as always, and she creates such rich characters that it wasn't painful to read. I enjoyed it, but it's not her best work.
dark
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes