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nomeinthestacks 's review for:
Women Who Run with the Wolves
by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
I listened to the abridged audio book of this novel, which apparently preceded the book and is much shorter (judging by the fact that the audio book was 2hrs and the book is 500+pgs)
At the start I thought this might be a little too spiritual and woowoo for my tastes, but it wasn't. This was really interesting for drawing parallels between folklore/fairytale and feminism - especially since women can often be drawn as weak or evil in these stories, Estes draws out character strengths and discusses how truely grey female characters are and more true to life. I especially liked how she broke down characters like Baba Yaga from something gruesome and "other" and drew out the fact that beauty and kindness isn't inherently less feminine than age, ugliness and rage.
My main criticism is that the book points out a lot of ways that women have been diminished and why it should be counteracted, but very few calls to action to how escape this and become the "wild woman" she talks about - just that one needs to become it. Since her professional field is psychology, this is something I might expect
She also says "moist" WAY too often.
At the start I thought this might be a little too spiritual and woowoo for my tastes, but it wasn't. This was really interesting for drawing parallels between folklore/fairytale and feminism - especially since women can often be drawn as weak or evil in these stories, Estes draws out character strengths and discusses how truely grey female characters are and more true to life. I especially liked how she broke down characters like Baba Yaga from something gruesome and "other" and drew out the fact that beauty and kindness isn't inherently less feminine than age, ugliness and rage.
My main criticism is that the book points out a lot of ways that women have been diminished and why it should be counteracted, but very few calls to action to how escape this and become the "wild woman" she talks about - just that one needs to become it. Since her professional field is psychology, this is something I might expect
She also says "moist" WAY too often.