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A review by adeleemma
The Grass Is Singing by Doris Lessing
5.0
Spectacular.
I'm surprised and disappointed this book hasn't received more appreciation. It's unique and rare to find a novel that presents the point of view of a female colonizer.
I really liked how it deals with bigger issues of race, gender and class, but it's also a very deep and personal story of depression and hopelessness. In some parts I felt uneasy reading it, Lessing's writing makes Mary's restlessnes sip through the pages and into you.
The final act of violence (anticipated in the first pages) feels inevitable, the only reasonable solution to the mounting chaos that she buildt for the whole novel.
I loved how the story ties to Doris Lessing's own experience of feeling at home in a continent that's not hers.
I'm surprised and disappointed this book hasn't received more appreciation. It's unique and rare to find a novel that presents the point of view of a female colonizer.
I really liked how it deals with bigger issues of race, gender and class, but it's also a very deep and personal story of depression and hopelessness. In some parts I felt uneasy reading it, Lessing's writing makes Mary's restlessnes sip through the pages and into you.
The final act of violence (anticipated in the first pages) feels inevitable, the only reasonable solution to the mounting chaos that she buildt for the whole novel.
I loved how the story ties to Doris Lessing's own experience of feeling at home in a continent that's not hers.