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A review by nboppers
The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood
funny
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
I think I put off finishing this book for so long because I knew it would rip my heart out…
***Spoilers ahead -
Page 428. Omg. Roz’s betrayal of Tony and Charis cannot possibly transcend the solidarity they feel with her, because they’ve all been slighted in the same way. It’s another woman who has slighted them, or more accurately really, it’s their own internalized misogyny. It’s messy and it’s complicated and none of the rights are entirely right and none of the wrongs are entirely wrong, but they stand by each other even though they have hurt each other, because, really, don’t we all hurt each other when we let our internalized misogyny drive us? And don’t we all understand that? And who would we be if we faulted another woman for exhibiting the same sin we ourselves exhibit. Hypocritical. And they aren’t. They’re there, unflinchingly, even though they’re different, because they know what it is like.
I could say so much more. Oh my god. Just read this book.
***Spoilers ahead -
Page 428. Omg. Roz’s betrayal of Tony and Charis cannot possibly transcend the solidarity they feel with her, because they’ve all been slighted in the same way. It’s another woman who has slighted them, or more accurately really, it’s their own internalized misogyny. It’s messy and it’s complicated and none of the rights are entirely right and none of the wrongs are entirely wrong, but they stand by each other even though they have hurt each other, because, really, don’t we all hurt each other when we let our internalized misogyny drive us? And don’t we all understand that? And who would we be if we faulted another woman for exhibiting the same sin we ourselves exhibit. Hypocritical. And they aren’t. They’re there, unflinchingly, even though they’re different, because they know what it is like.
I could say so much more. Oh my god. Just read this book.