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A review by meliemelo
The Yellow Wallpaper & Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
dark
hopeful
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
I enjoyed both stories, thanks in no small part to the author's elegant writing and clever ideas.
The Yellow Wallpaper is a great horror short story that doubles as a brilliant feminist insight. It's a very quick read I'll probably come back to in the future.
It took me a little longer to get into Herland, but it is equally brilliant and feminist. It is the perfect example of a utopia, existing to highligh the flaws of "our" society rather than praising the qualities of the fictional one.
The Yellow Wallpaper is a great horror short story that doubles as a brilliant feminist insight. It's a very quick read I'll probably come back to in the future.
It took me a little longer to get into Herland, but it is equally brilliant and feminist. It is the perfect example of a utopia, existing to highligh the flaws of "our" society rather than praising the qualities of the fictional one.