cslanzi 's review for:

Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
3.0
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Eilis’s character is written as a hapless woman with barely a half a thought in her head. I understand that it was the 1950s but the book, written by a man, still casts women as helpless and happy to passively move through their own lives rather than the reality is that they weren’t given much choice