appelsientjie 's review for:

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

4.0

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This was such an ambiguous book to me. On the one hand, Miss Brodie is such an smart and strong figure, but on the other hand, something felt very wrong with her. Maybe it's because she's described over and over again as a spinster and I hate that word so much. She works so hard to not be defined in such a way, but society keeps focussing on her romantic life. And she does so herself as well, she might not be economically or socially dependent on a man, but she's very hung up on her partners, not getting very much in return for it. But it is things tragic undertone which makes this such a lovely novel to me.