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A review by krrolf
My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin
adventurous
funny
reflective
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
4.5
This book was so funny to me at times because the narrator perfectly communicates the soul-splitting agony of being 17, and a girl, and very special. Her mom is her mortal enemy one minute and the next she’s the impossible standard of perfection Sybella can never reach. Sybella’s mood swings from a triumphant self-absorbed intellectual to a self-deprecating melodramatic whiner. And I acted the same way at 17 over 100 years after this book was written, so it felt relatable.
The plot sometimes felt disjointed, but overall I loved this book because it felt like an accurate teenage stream-of-consciousness, while demonstrating the impossible position of a young feminist at the end of the 19th century.
The plot sometimes felt disjointed, but overall I loved this book because it felt like an accurate teenage stream-of-consciousness, while demonstrating the impossible position of a young feminist at the end of the 19th century.