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Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence
4.0
This is the second book in Lawrence’s duology (the first being The Rainbow).
I really liked that this book focused on the two sisters, Ursula and Gudrun. The rainbow seemed to only focus on Anna and Ursula, and while I liked seeing the contrast between mother and daughter, I was curious to know about Ursula’s relationships with her siblings.
This book also focuses on the relationships that Ursula and Gudrun have, and it looks into the complexity of relationships. Ursula is attracted to a man who wants a different type of relationship, and believes that one should strive for an almost other worldly sense of relationships. Meaning that the love you have for one person, and being loved by just one person isn’t enough.
Gudrun experiences a different relationship with a man; her lover seems to be more of a player, which is fine to Gudrun as she also doesn’t want to settle down. She’s an artist and wants to explore her art and herself, and not necessarily be shackled to one person.
I really like how this book looks at how complicated relationships are, which hasn’t really changed. One thing I want to point out with this book is the discussion of physical violence and understand that the way it’s presented was how it was presented when the book was published. One a father hit his daughter across the face in the book, her lover asked her what she did, as if it was her fault. This bothered me when I read it, but I remembered that this would have been the response back then and I’m so grateful that we have come such a long way from that point!
I really liked that this book focused on the two sisters, Ursula and Gudrun. The rainbow seemed to only focus on Anna and Ursula, and while I liked seeing the contrast between mother and daughter, I was curious to know about Ursula’s relationships with her siblings.
This book also focuses on the relationships that Ursula and Gudrun have, and it looks into the complexity of relationships. Ursula is attracted to a man who wants a different type of relationship, and believes that one should strive for an almost other worldly sense of relationships. Meaning that the love you have for one person, and being loved by just one person isn’t enough.
Gudrun experiences a different relationship with a man; her lover seems to be more of a player, which is fine to Gudrun as she also doesn’t want to settle down. She’s an artist and wants to explore her art and herself, and not necessarily be shackled to one person.
I really like how this book looks at how complicated relationships are, which hasn’t really changed. One thing I want to point out with this book is the discussion of physical violence and understand that the way it’s presented was how it was presented when the book was published. One a father hit his daughter across the face in the book, her lover asked her what she did, as if it was her fault. This bothered me when I read it, but I remembered that this would have been the response back then and I’m so grateful that we have come such a long way from that point!