Reviews

She Came to Stay by Simone de Beauvoir

matthewainley's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective tense slow-paced

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

4.0

girljames's review

2.0

Perhaps it was the translation I read (Moyse & Senhouse, 1949) but I found this story often incomprehensible. For a novel about (I think?) sexual jealousy, it was frustratingly unclear on who was actually banging whom.
"We discovered our love. We came to tell it to you as a beautiful story that happened between us."
Right, but what actually happened?
Passionate sentences like this cloud the meaning of any solid plot points. Or maybe it's just that the ratio of sentences to plot points is way off base.

crownsofviolets1's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes

4.75

1inas0phie's review against another edition

dark emotional 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

5.0

vhispas's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

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

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

galuf84's review against another edition

2.0

a bourgeois cul de sac of neuroses

scottpnh10's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

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

5.0

louvis_12's review

emotional reflective slow-paced

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

2.0

m_delaney's review

challenging dark reflective sad tense medium-paced

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

3.75

kersti_os's review against another edition

The book and I didn't match. I could understand the self-chosen pity of the main character and why she stays in it.