Monday, July 7, 2014

#28: The Awakening

I just read The Awakening by Kate Chopin.  I thought I remembered someone saying that they really liked this book awhile ago, but now I can't remember who said that.  This book was really short, so I thought it would be a quick read, but it wasn't.  If I had to sum the book up in one word it would be, "boring".

This book was written back in 1899 or something, so it is worded like a classic.  It is supposed to be about a woman having an affair during a time when no one wrote about this.  The main character, Edna, decides that she isn't happy in her life as a wife and mother.  I wouldn't say this is so much about an affair, as I don't know for sure that there really was one.  It was more about her wanting freedom.

I was really bored in parts and think I missed important details, but I didn't feel like going back to re-read any of it.

Up Next:  Lost Lake by Sarah Addison Allen

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