reeaar 's review for:

The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

4.0

dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Such an interesting portrayal of post-partum depression/psychosis and the struggle of housewives in the 19th century
These themes became obvious to me the second she talked about her child and how she couldn't be with him because he made her nervous, and also how she accused her husband and Jane to try to put her inside the wallpaper at the end.
Fascinating to read her slow descent into madness and see her growing obsession/repulsion towards the wallpaper...
*Interesting to note that she starts seeing a woman in the pattern, that stays still and seems calm during the day, but moves or becomes more agitated at night, because the pattern doesn't look the same. Probably a parallel to her own condition.
*I like the use of punctuation (more specifically exclamation points) to show how "insane"/unstable/agitated she's becoming.
Also quite heartbreaking in a way to read her journal and witness her mental health getting worse without having help or support. 
At the end, she believed *she* was the woman she saw in the wallpaper and started acting like it. Really sad.