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A review by eleellis
Looking for Mr. Goodbar by Judith Rossner
2.0
The true story this novel is based upon is a sad tale and details can easily be found on the internet.
The story details the awakening of a young woman raised in a repressed home. As a child, Terry, the main character, was ill as a child and the illness, prolonged with a missed health diagnosis, heavily impacts her later life. As an adult, Terry flees to the city and soon follows a journey of city life exploration and her own sexual awakening. At first, she leads a more innocent lifestyle, which soon grows more complex and dark with increased exposure to the different men she encounters along the way.
First published in 1975, back then, the content most likely was quite provocative. While the novel is well written and excels for its time period, the content is no longer as shocking or surprising with our own changed culture.
Unfortunately, for this reader, the novel did not resonate because the main character was not perceived as sympathetic. Through the novel, it seemed Terry treated those that cared the most about her with indifference, and even with cruelty, than those that cared less for her (though, the main point of this may have been because she felt unworthy).
The story details the awakening of a young woman raised in a repressed home. As a child, Terry, the main character, was ill as a child and the illness, prolonged with a missed health diagnosis, heavily impacts her later life. As an adult, Terry flees to the city and soon follows a journey of city life exploration and her own sexual awakening. At first, she leads a more innocent lifestyle, which soon grows more complex and dark with increased exposure to the different men she encounters along the way.
First published in 1975, back then, the content most likely was quite provocative. While the novel is well written and excels for its time period, the content is no longer as shocking or surprising with our own changed culture.
Unfortunately, for this reader, the novel did not resonate because the main character was not perceived as sympathetic. Through the novel, it seemed Terry treated those that cared the most about her with indifference, and even with cruelty, than those that cared less for her (though, the main point of this may have been because she felt unworthy).