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scottrushing 's review for:
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
by Muriel Spark
It makes me sad that I did not love this book. It seems that many readers find much to love about Jean Brodie.
The novella reads like a collection of stories about a Scottish boarding school teacher and a set (“The Brodie set”) of young female students who become her protégés throughout their formative years.
But the mystery of the book is that one of the students betrays Jean Brodie and she gets sacked from her position for teaching fascism.
I admit that my disappointment may partially stem from an expectation that we would have stories set in the classroom and that is decidedly not the case here. They focus more on Brodie’s role as a mentor.
My other major disappointment is that I didn’t find any of the characters that interesting and I didn’t care who committed the betrayal.
The novella reads like a collection of stories about a Scottish boarding school teacher and a set (“The Brodie set”) of young female students who become her protégés throughout their formative years.
But the mystery of the book is that one of the students betrays Jean Brodie and she gets sacked from her position for teaching fascism.
I admit that my disappointment may partially stem from an expectation that we would have stories set in the classroom and that is decidedly not the case here. They focus more on Brodie’s role as a mentor.
My other major disappointment is that I didn’t find any of the characters that interesting and I didn’t care who committed the betrayal.