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martharuss 's review for:
Revolutionary Road
by Richard Yates
challenging
dark
emotional
sad
tense
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
artfully written, tense and pitifully bleak throughout. i did grow weary of frank’s point of view - especially during the long, aimless office sequences - but i suppose this was an effective portrayal of the numbness of his workplace. frank’s inner voice is steeped in constant, grating misogyny, and an obsession with the power of his own manhood.
this, in combination with april’s positioning as the “”mentally disturbed”” housewife, paints a grim portrait of gender and (hetero)sexuality in 1950s america. the dialogue between the married pair sliced through the mundanity and was chilling every time. the way they spoke to, or didn’t speak to, each other left me feeling ill and anxious. even when they were fervently planning their great escape, the writing was on the wall, and i pitied them both. hopeless emptiness is exactly right. u could not pay me one billion dollars to be heterosexual.
this, in combination with april’s positioning as the “”mentally disturbed”” housewife, paints a grim portrait of gender and (hetero)sexuality in 1950s america. the dialogue between the married pair sliced through the mundanity and was chilling every time. the way they spoke to, or didn’t speak to, each other left me feeling ill and anxious. even when they were fervently planning their great escape, the writing was on the wall, and i pitied them both. hopeless emptiness is exactly right. u could not pay me one billion dollars to be heterosexual.