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1.79k reviews for:
Femmes qui courent avec les loups: histoires et mythes de l'archétype de la femme sauvage
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
3.94 AVERAGE
1.79k reviews for:
Femmes qui courent avec les loups: histoires et mythes de l'archétype de la femme sauvage
Clarissa Pinkola Estés
3.94 AVERAGE
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
A must read for all! This was a soul-soothing book for me. I hope those who read this may discover and reconnect with the wild woman in them. 💫
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I CANNOT believe this book has such good reviews. It's sooooo boring. I was pulling teeth and nails to read this thing and it was only because it was our bookclub pick of the month. I wanted to like the story so bad; something about a part of women being wild and free sounds so beautiful. However I feel like the author just took their thesis essay and published it, added a few words for length, and told the world "go ahead, happy reading!"
I will not be picking up any more nonfiction books until probably April of this year😅
I will not be picking up any more nonfiction books until probably April of this year😅
A blend of psychology, mythology, and folklore that explores the instinctual and wild nature of women.
What did I just read?
This was nothing like what I expected.
One of my biggest issues is the complete lack of flow, it felt like a one-sided conversation with someone who loves the sound of their own voice but struggles with:
a) having a point,
b) getting to the point, and
c) expressing that point clearly.
I did agree with some points, and there were moments of profound insight, but then it would slowly slip back into an endless parade of animal comparisons and overly abstract metaphors.
Just when it felt like it was building toward something meaningful, it would lose focus again.
What did I just read?
This was nothing like what I expected.
One of my biggest issues is the complete lack of flow, it felt like a one-sided conversation with someone who loves the sound of their own voice but struggles with:
a) having a point,
b) getting to the point, and
c) expressing that point clearly.
I did agree with some points, and there were moments of profound insight, but then it would slowly slip back into an endless parade of animal comparisons and overly abstract metaphors.
Just when it felt like it was building toward something meaningful, it would lose focus again.
dark
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
I had high expectations for this book's content, but it seems very speculative— I have to agree with the criticism stating that it was repetitive and over-written. Upon reading the 'analysis' for women, I thought that it carried the same weight as a horoscope reading: though it may seem fun to follow, an ounce of critical application would disintegrate the logic behind the book's meaning.
The wording and overly-flowery 'metaphors' were entirely too pretentious as well, it felt like trying to read through someone's lucid dream where they reached a sort of enlightenment while you can't really comprehend what they're saying at all. If the writing was more succinct and straight forward, I would give more leeway to enjoying this book. However, I think the pretentious writing backtracked on its aim to empower women—why can't we use straightforward language to get the point across?
Honestly, I think that the tenets of empowerment were washed out by the 'fluffed up' anecdotes/tangents, and it felt infantilizing—as if the book's foundation for female empowerment relies on tall tales and mystical buzzwords instead of substantial logic and reasoning.
The wording and overly-flowery 'metaphors' were entirely too pretentious as well, it felt like trying to read through someone's lucid dream where they reached a sort of enlightenment while you can't really comprehend what they're saying at all. If the writing was more succinct and straight forward, I would give more leeway to enjoying this book. However, I think the pretentious writing backtracked on its aim to empower women—why can't we use straightforward language to get the point across?
Honestly, I think that the tenets of empowerment were washed out by the 'fluffed up' anecdotes/tangents, and it felt infantilizing—as if the book's foundation for female empowerment relies on tall tales and mystical buzzwords instead of substantial logic and reasoning.
Some 5 star passages but also some 2-3 star passages. Averages out at 3.5.
An interesting Jungian & feminist analysis of different myths and fairytales—yet often overwritten and repetitive, and disappointingly steeped in heteronormativity and gender essentialism. It took me quite a bit of time to wade through this book; it’s perhaps best read in bits and pieces, when stories and their accompanying analyses feel most relevant.