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A review by wheelz_10
All by Myself, Alone by Mary Higgins Clark
1.0
Mary Higgins Clark needs to seriously reconsider her thoughts and feelings about women.
Brenda is consistently described as fat, older, unattractive. In desperate need of makeup, even. Every time Brenda eats we get to hear how someone else on the ship thinks she's a pig or thinks she's wolfing down her food too fast or whatever -- why? What purpose do these extraneous thoughts serve other than to make women ashamed of their bodies?
Why is each individual female character's appearance described in great detail? For instance, Alvirah lost 15 pounds and Celia is beautiful and Yvonne is obsessed with staying trim and fit but there's nothing about the men. We just hear that Roger is fat...Willy has strong forearms.
This consistent onesidedness only serves to further the current dynamic and dialogue surrounding women and their bodies today. Remember that as women, we control the conversation.
An accomplished, FEMALE author should surely know that describing her female characters using positive language can make a real difference to all the women who read her books.
Brenda is consistently described as fat, older, unattractive. In desperate need of makeup, even. Every time Brenda eats we get to hear how someone else on the ship thinks she's a pig or thinks she's wolfing down her food too fast or whatever -- why? What purpose do these extraneous thoughts serve other than to make women ashamed of their bodies?
Why is each individual female character's appearance described in great detail? For instance, Alvirah lost 15 pounds and Celia is beautiful and Yvonne is obsessed with staying trim and fit but there's nothing about the men. We just hear that Roger is fat...Willy has strong forearms.
This consistent onesidedness only serves to further the current dynamic and dialogue surrounding women and their bodies today. Remember that as women, we control the conversation.
An accomplished, FEMALE author should surely know that describing her female characters using positive language can make a real difference to all the women who read her books.