Reviews

The World's Wife by Carol Ann Duffy

eaclapp41's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

_lemonlime_'s review against another edition

challenging inspiring sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

isamdzglz's review against another edition

challenging funny reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

blueevie_'s review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

ispinoz's review against another edition

3.0

I'll admit, a good chunk of this flew over my head – I'm not too great when it comes to poetry, but I loved some of these, especially Mrs Icarus

pauline_b's review against another edition

1.0

I stoped reading this roughly halfway through and just flew over the last poems.
The writing didn't agree with me. It felt exaggeratedly violent and vulgar at times. Sometimes the writing was even awkward and kind of simplistic.

It's a pity because the first poem, "Little Red Cap", was a quite good and powerful start to the collection. Unfortunately, it just went downhill from there for me...
Some poems were just downright man-hating (sorry, I'm just not that kind of feminist) like "Mrs Faust", and others completely vulgar (I'm just not into 10 year old kid's penis jokes) like "Mrs Freud". I like the premise of giving stories another character's perspective but this isn't well executed in my opinion.

It's really a shame, but I probably won't pick up anything else from Carol Ann Duffy. It's just not my kind of poetry.

emily_ford16's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

grayjay's review against another edition

3.0

Fun stuff. Poems in the voices of women behind mythical or famous men. It was sometimes a little silly. Mrs. Midas was my favourite, for it felt like a little real life drama. it gave a picture of a relationship with a selfish man that felt real.

taylasreading's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? N/A
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.5

lilyschafer's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0