Therese is one of the most irritating main characters I've ever encountered, her creepy obsession with Carol was unnerI didn't enjoy this book at all.
Therese is one of the most irritating main characters I've ever encountered, her creepy obsession with Carol was unnerving. And Carol is like a ghost, she's written sluggishly, she doesn't feel real. I also don't believe in their relationship, because what is shown doesn't reflect what the narrator says. At first I thought it's what it's supposed to be, a story about a young, naive girl who develops feelings for a person she doesn't even know at all - it would explain the idolization of Carol (and her lack of character) - but (view spoiler)[at the end it seems that they love eachother. Really? No, thanks. (hide spoiler)]
I don't understand how people nowadays can see the ending as (view spoiler)[ a happy one. Perhaps at the time it was written it was a happy ending, because of what stories about lgbt people had looked back then, but now? Carol is a wrecked woman. or me it's not a happy ending. (hide spoiler)]
I try not to compare books with their adaptations, but in this case I'll make an exception: if you really want to know this story, it's better to watch good Todd Haynes "Carol"....more
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