celiaapril2014 's review for:

The Bostonians by Henry James

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Spoilers. My appreciation has grown for this book. I definitely hated the ending, but then my perspective of the ending changed. I guess it was supposed to show how women's oppression is still continuing. LIke even though Olive has gained confidence to go on stage, Verena is now with Basil, so it's like one step forward, two steps back kind of a situation. But both and Olive and Basil were horrible to Verena. And I wish Verena didn't go with Basil and I wish there was more to her, but I guess that was the point, Verena was purposely written to be a mystery, so whatever. Well, I wouldn't say I enjoyed the book, but it definitely made me think and made me feel angry, so I guess that's something.