Reviews

The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir

lexilev's review against another edition

emotional reflective tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

4.0

emily_azzopardi's review against another edition

funny reflective medium-paced

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

4.5

akli's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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

4.75

yegua_blanca's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character

3.0

madsmacmath's review against another edition

dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

4.0

Everyone else is right: the third story is the best and reads like a novella. It also helps to go into it with a sense of Simone’s feminist existentialism and the knowledge that the second story is meant to be read stream-of-consciousness, as a monologue.

You hate each of the women at first. They seem stupid and one-dimensional. Who wraps their whole life around these men, their husbands and sons? And somewhere in each of the stories, it dawns on you: it’s you - or your friend, or your aunt, or your mother. 

No one thinks they’ll be the woman destroyed until they already are.

jackstewart_1's review against another edition

5.0

my review of each section:

The age of discretion- I never want to grow old after reading this.

The monologue- female rage, not in a baddie kinda way but in a horribly sad kinda way.

The woman destroyed- and after this, now so am I.

annapeichel's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

nanostobie's review against another edition

this was not for me. men sadly, are not the center of my world, and thus i did not relate. 

tishatjade's review against another edition

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

3.5

kgngbn's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75