Kendra M Parker wrote: ↑22 Oct 2018, 15:14I agree with both opinions. I think the author created non traditional roles for women in the book and I found those characters to be interesting but then toward the end they did just fade awayLife In Books wrote: ↑22 Oct 2018, 01:31 William H. Coles has portrayed feminity in a very positive manner. It didn't seem that he contained any of the female characters as per the limits about females thought traditionally. He described different female characters quite appropriately.
I think these women were very strong and interesting, but I felt they had a lackluster finish. Sophie follows the guy, Paige fades away in disappointment, Anne gets injured and only becomes a check-in point instead of a living character.
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Don't even get me started on the descriptions of each new woman he meets! I was actually worried while reading because I thought McDowell was going to put the moves on Maude's daughter. The things he noticed about her really piqued my attention. If I noticed a grown man looking at my students that way, I'd ask him to leave.Caylie_Cat wrote: ↑30 Oct 2018, 18:30I didn't see this when I read the book, but I think you are right. In hindsight, the book treated women in general as 'necessary evils', who were mostly problematic to the male characters. Even the sexual partners and descriptions were portrayed in a dispassionate and critical manner.Radiant3 wrote: ↑30 Oct 2018, 10:09 I found that there was a theme of loneliness for the older women in the book. Ann, Rima, Carole, Paige, Helga, Winona, Kitsy. They were older and had to fend for themselves. They were without a solid support from a partner or companion. Even Carole, when she was married to Hiram, she still felt alone. Ann had little support from Robert who was present but not really there for her and the children.
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Preach.Zora C Penter wrote: ↑13 Feb 2019, 00:29Don't even get me started on the descriptions of each new woman he meets! I was actually worried while reading because I thought McDowell was going to put the moves on Maude's daughter. The things he noticed about her really piqued my attention. If I noticed a grown man looking at my students that way, I'd ask him to leave.Caylie_Cat wrote: ↑30 Oct 2018, 18:30I didn't see this when I read the book, but I think you are right. In hindsight, the book treated women in general as 'necessary evils', who were mostly problematic to the male characters. Even the sexual partners and descriptions were portrayed in a dispassionate and critical manner.Radiant3 wrote: ↑30 Oct 2018, 10:09 I found that there was a theme of loneliness for the older women in the book. Ann, Rima, Carole, Paige, Helga, Winona, Kitsy. They were older and had to fend for themselves. They were without a solid support from a partner or companion. Even Carole, when she was married to Hiram, she still felt alone. Ann had little support from Robert who was present but not really there for her and the children.
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