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sidharthvardhan's review against another edition
4.0
Amazing review here:
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1652373924?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1652373924?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1
avtoxo's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-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
3.5
mikebond's review against another edition
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
This was my second short stories collection by Catherine Mansfield.
I enjoyed some stories. Some I found long and boring. An interesting read, anyway.
I enjoyed some stories. Some I found long and boring. An interesting read, anyway.
polly__flintandherbooks's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
3.5
carlamarcella's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
garleighc's review against another edition
funny
hopeful
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.5
femkevds's review against another edition
reflective
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
qiaosilin's review against another edition
4.0
Read "Germans at Meat", "Frau Fischer" and "The Modern Soul" for class.
In A German Pension is a collection of semi-autobiographical short stories that Mansfield wrote while staying in a guesthouse in Bavaria before World War I. The stories focus mainly on an unnamed Englishwoman narrator and a few other German women as third-person narrators.
I really like the majority of these stories and the topics Mansfield tackles. She does a great job in imbuing the stories with topics that were generally ignored, such as rape and infanticide, and with topics that show the progression and hypocrisy of the times, like a man imagining he's suffering more than his wife currently giving birth and ladies outright stating the need for women to have babies in order to be complete, all the while expressing the modern thought existing in the narrator's mind.
Favourite stories are: "Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding", "The Modern Soul", "The Child-Who-Was-Tired", "The Swing of the Pendulum" and "A Blaze".
In A German Pension is a collection of semi-autobiographical short stories that Mansfield wrote while staying in a guesthouse in Bavaria before World War I. The stories focus mainly on an unnamed Englishwoman narrator and a few other German women as third-person narrators.
I really like the majority of these stories and the topics Mansfield tackles. She does a great job in imbuing the stories with topics that were generally ignored, such as rape and infanticide, and with topics that show the progression and hypocrisy of the times, like a man imagining he's suffering more than his wife currently giving birth and ladies outright stating the need for women to have babies in order to be complete, all the while expressing the modern thought existing in the narrator's mind.
Favourite stories are: "Frau Brechenmacher Attends a Wedding", "The Modern Soul", "The Child-Who-Was-Tired", "The Swing of the Pendulum" and "A Blaze".