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A review by heartsneedle
The Group by Mary McCarthy
3.0
3.5/5
Sexuality, Marriage, Instability
“You have to live without love, learn not to need it in order to live with it.”
Overall: The Group tried to be too many things, had too many characters, and in the end had a hit-or-miss quality to it. The unevenness between characters was all very glaring, and the ending left me abit baffled.
Pros:
-- handles discussions about (the 1930s) contraception with detail
-- Kay’s and Harold’s relationship until psychiatric stay
-- Libby’s character
Cons:
-- haphazardly written plot
-- dealt with too many characters
Sexuality, Marriage, Instability
“You have to live without love, learn not to need it in order to live with it.”
Overall: The Group tried to be too many things, had too many characters, and in the end had a hit-or-miss quality to it. The unevenness between characters was all very glaring, and the ending left me abit baffled.
Pros:
-- handles discussions about (the 1930s) contraception with detail
-- Kay’s and Harold’s relationship until psychiatric stay
-- Libby’s character
Cons:
-- haphazardly written plot
-- dealt with too many characters