Reviews

Two Serious Ladies by Jane Bowles

bobbygw's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

iammandyellen's review

challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

arden_time's review

adventurous funny lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

dollydidlums's review

funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

Slow with unlikable characters and no real plot to keep interested 

parleek's review against another edition

I don’t even know what to do with this book. I was intrigued by the description but the style left me cold. It feels neither plot nor character driven: it’s very character focused but the characters are almost cartoonish.  I picked away at this over weeks and finally just flipped to the end and read the last few pages. A book I like the idea of while not actually liking.

purplemuskogee's review

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated

3.0

Started well and I liked the two characters when they were first introduced but lost interest in their two separate stories. I enjoyed the old fashioned but funny and witty writing style. 

sophielinehan39's review against another edition

i don’t really care about the characters. the prose and dialogue is quite hard to read since it’s 80 years old. i thought it’d be more of a romp and rich women rebelling and doing fun stuff. it was just repressed women not doing anything.

juliajamison's review against another edition

funny lighthearted relaxing slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

suzid's review

funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

Miss Goering and Mrs Copperfield meet at a party, go their separate ways, have various strange little adventures and meet again quite changed from how they'd been originally.

Well, how do I describe this book? It's different. It's a little odd. It's quirky. I did enjoy it, though. According to the preface there was to be another Serious Lady but she didn't get written in, however a small excerpt of what was to be in the book gives a tantalising look at her and I do wish she had been finished, she was a very distracted lady apparently. 

staklene_perle's review against another edition

funny relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0