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A review by nipomuki
Dear Enemy by Jean Webster
4.0
After finishing Daddy-Long-Legs I rushed to read the follow up novel. In some ways it is even better than the first one. I adored reading about this inexperienced but strong willed society girl taking up the management of an orphanage. Her letters are great fun and give a perfect feeling for the situation and characters.
But it was just so hard reading about the way people (even forward thinking, kind and modern ones) thought about mental illness and disability at that time. I know too much about the tragic outcome this mindset had for many individuals and families. A sad part of history.
Apart from this subject the book is wonderful, and the romance much better developed and more interesting than the one in the first book (for obvious reasons).
But it was just so hard reading about the way people (even forward thinking, kind and modern ones) thought about mental illness and disability at that time. I know too much about the tragic outcome this mindset had for many individuals and families. A sad part of history.
Apart from this subject the book is wonderful, and the romance much better developed and more interesting than the one in the first book (for obvious reasons).