The Wanderer: or, Female Difficulties --Buddy Read

[Leni]

Susan wrote: "I enjoyed it too Leni and felt the same way. There were long sections that could have been cut. I was also disappointed that the one feminist in the book was made to look ridiculous. Although I don..."

Agreed!

[siriusedward]

Don't worry Leni .By the rime I read it I wont really remember it in detail.and I can read knowing it is ok.
I generally am a fan of spoilers.

[siriusedward]

Susan wrote: "I enjoyed it too Leni and felt the same way. There were long sections that could have been cut. I was also disappointed that the one feminist in the book was made to look ridiculous. Although I don..."

Glad you enjoyed it too Susan.

[Kathleen]

Ha--a fan of spoilers--funny Elena. Please come back and share your thoughts when you read it so we can discuss some more!

And Susan, I agree too with your point about the treatment of feminism. When I'm done, I'll be interested to maybe learn more about where Fanny Burney was coming from.

I'm not done quite yet--hopefully in the next week--so am waiting to read Leni's last spoiler. :-)

[Kathleen]

Leni wrote: "I am done! Whew. I have to say it turned into a bit of a soap opera at the end. I went through some outrage at what women were supposed to endure in the name of duty, delicacy, and religion (seriou..."

A bit of a struggle to cross the finish line, but I am finally done too! I think we all agree that a third of it could be cut, but all in all, not bad. This is one I certainly won't forget.

The social customs were infuriating, and I too am certainly glad not to be living in that situation. (view spoiler)[Get thee to a nunnery--no kidding! And even Aurora was like, yeah, go ahead and go back to the brute because your reasons are honorable and it's okay, we'll meet in heaven! And all it would have taken was for him to have drug her to a church for that sham marriage and everyone would have "blessed" it. And her uncle at the end, with his a woman needs a man so good thing she's going to immediately marry Harleigh. Holy moly. (hide spoiler)]

All of the supposed "good" characters were kinda boring and the "bad" characters were the most fun! I would have liked more of Elinor--she was my favorite.

No more 1000 page novels for me for a while! Oh, wait--Three Musketeers is coming up ...

[Leni]

I'm on holiday and only have Goodreads access through the app, so I can't read your spoiler. But thank you for reading it with me! I'm sure it wouldn't have been as fun on my own. (And, sorry, can't help it. You mean pages, not words, I'm sure.)

[Kathleen]

Leni wrote: "I'm on holiday and only have Goodreads access through the app, so I can't read your spoiler. But thank you for reading it with me! I'm sure it wouldn't have been as fun on my own. (And, sorry, can'..."

Ha ha! Guess pages and words blurred together for me after all that reading! I'll fix my boo-boo.

Thanks for suggesting this, Leni. I'm glad I read it, and it was much easier to get through knowing you would be there to share notes with. Enjoy your holiday!

[Leni]

Kathleen wrote: "Leni wrote: "I am done! Whew. I have to say it turned into a bit of a soap opera at the end. I went through some outrage at what women were supposed to endure in the name of duty, delicacy, and rel..."

Remembered to come back here and read your spoiler. Yes! Holy moly indeed! LOL

And Susan, it felt good to read The Story of an African Farm after this! Okay, it was written 70 years later, but it's still the 19th century and it has a great feminist character.

[Susan O]

Leni wrote: "Kathleen wrote: "Leni wrote: "I am done! Whew. I have to say it turned into a bit of a soap opera at the end. I went through some outrage at what women were supposed to endure in the name of duty, ..."

Thanks for the suggestion Leni. I'll check it out.

[Jen from Quebec :0)]

What will be the January Buddy Read? Also, The Three Musketeers is the general GROUP read of the month of Jan, correct? Thanks for the help. -Jen from Quebec :0)

[Pink]

Jennifer Lynn wrote: "What will be the January Buddy Read? Also, The Three Musketeers is the general GROUP read of the month of Jan, correct? Thanks for the help. -Jen from Quebec :0)"

Here's the link to our buddy read schedule for 2017 https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

And here's the link for our list of group reads https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

The three Musketeers is our quarterly long read from Jan- March, discussion threads will be posted on 1st Jan 2017 :)