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The Ladies by Doris Grumbach

tiernanhunter's review against another edition

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lighthearted reflective relaxing slow-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

3.75

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nanatheghost333's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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4.0

I vote that this book be turned into a movie or BBC mini series or something. It's just so courageously written; so well put. And it's not a romance novel full of frills and lies, it's the true story of two women who loved each other. They had their ups and downs like all couples and they bore them all.

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1.0

I stopped reading when I found out that one of the "ladies" was 13 at the time of their first kiss, and the other was in her 30s. While I understand that this was their historically accurate age difference when the two ladies met, I think that because Grumbach fictionalized their story she could have written it as a friendship which blossomed into love after both of them were fully consenting adults. They way it was written came off like grooming and pedophilia.

Content warnings for book: mentions of sexual harassment, pedophilia
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