A review by slimy
The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir

dark emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.75

A very dense character study examining 3 circumstances in which 3 women lose their sense of self. Smart, empathetic, and sensitive. 

Things to note before deciding to read:
- these crisis’ all revolve around men, specifically these character’s husbands. 
- the three characters are all wealthy, white, Parisian woman and have more in common than they have in difference.
- racially insensitive if not racist terms for Black people are used I believed just once 
- it drones on. A slow descent into madness.