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This book took me very much by surprise. There were mixed reviews online but I thought it was a very bold work of genius. When you consider that this was first published in 1974, it must have sounded a resounding crack across the bows of HMS Misogyny.
Jong has created one of the enduring characters of literature with Isadora Wing, the mixed up narrator who relates the relational messes she has found herself in throughout her life. Flashbacks to previous relationships puncture the contemporary nar ...more
Jong has created one of the enduring characters of literature with Isadora Wing, the mixed up narrator who relates the relational messes she has found herself in throughout her life. Flashbacks to previous relationships puncture the contemporary nar ...more
Hmmm...I saw that two of my goodreads friends of my generation had given this book 2 and 3 stars respectively and still went ahead because this is such a modern classic for feminists. I can see how someone might connect to this book if s/he was depressed, stuck in a bad marriage, and trying to find her/himself. Unfortunately (fortunately) I am currently in none of those categories. Like Eat, Pray, Love this book falls flat if you have already been through your own period of self discovery and do
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I was in a high school youth group with the author's child and so snuck a copy of How to Save Your Own Life when a teenager. I went looking at Fear of Flying, mostly because I thought of it as having a classic place in feminist literature, but in the end, could not get past its self indulgent tone. I have a very strong "What Generation X does not like about Baby Boomers" reaction to the book and could not finish it.
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I guess this was an all right book. I couldn't put it down; read the whole thing in a couple of days. What I didn't like was that it made this former wildchild feel like a complete prude; I was very unimpressed with the flaunted sexuality in this book. While she found it empowering, I found it belittling.
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Not finishing it, again.
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