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alva_d's review
5.0
this is probably my favorite book I have ever read.
Simone de Beauvoir is so beautifully putting her thoughts into words and expressing her feelings, this is what makes the book truly great in my opinion. Her experience of adolesence and figuring out herself is portrayed masterfully. I felt as if I was in Paris in the 30s myself while reading this, experiencing for the first time falling in love, dreading life, immense incertainty and every other emotion one stumbles across during childhood or teenage years.
Simone de Beauvoir is so beautifully putting her thoughts into words and expressing her feelings, this is what makes the book truly great in my opinion. Her experience of adolesence and figuring out herself is portrayed masterfully. I felt as if I was in Paris in the 30s myself while reading this, experiencing for the first time falling in love, dreading life, immense incertainty and every other emotion one stumbles across during childhood or teenage years.
lucri's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
sad
slow-paced
5.0
mary_sh's review against another edition
3.0
Nel leggere Simone De Beauvoir, ho capito meglio Jane Austen.
kenziestevenson's review
4.0
Dragged in some parts near the end but overall it was one of the greatest autobiographies I’ve read. Simone speaks to a small part of me that I didn’t realize was there, and I feel that any woman who reads this will feel similarly. Truly a special book.
“The books I liked became a Bible from which I drew advice and support…the words and the cadences, the lines and the verses were not aids to make-believe: but they rescued from silent oblivion all those intimate adventures of the spirit that I couldn’t speak to anyone else about; they created a kind of communion between myself and those twin souls which existed somewhere out of reach; instead of living out my small private existence, I was participating in a great spiritual epic. For months I kept myself going with books: they were the only reality within my reach.”
“The books I liked became a Bible from which I drew advice and support…the words and the cadences, the lines and the verses were not aids to make-believe: but they rescued from silent oblivion all those intimate adventures of the spirit that I couldn’t speak to anyone else about; they created a kind of communion between myself and those twin souls which existed somewhere out of reach; instead of living out my small private existence, I was participating in a great spiritual epic. For months I kept myself going with books: they were the only reality within my reach.”
readmetwotimes's review against another edition
3.0
Mammamiacheparto!!! Proprio letteralmente: c'ho messo nove mesi a leggere questo libro e non perché il contenuto non sia valido, anzi! Ma la forma delle prime duecento pagine mi ha massacrata
mbrandmaier's review
2.0
I finished at last!!!
Simone reflects on growing up in pre-women's lib Paris in the 1910's and 1920's. Dude, I would not trade places with her for anything. Sadly, I took away a star for the dryness of the book.
Simone reflects on growing up in pre-women's lib Paris in the 1910's and 1920's. Dude, I would not trade places with her for anything. Sadly, I took away a star for the dryness of the book.