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A review by emmaraeempowered
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
4.75
I have heard of this story and how it has inspired so much modern media it's wild that it took me this long to read this. I remember this being mentioned in my English class even and if I read it I guess I blocked the memory out - haha.
Anyway this was a good read. I could feel the anxiousness and decent into madness. Do to this short of a story it felt so fast and fever like. The main character is keeping a journal which she keeps secret from her husband. She has experienced some episode and to help her "nervousness" her husband has taken her to this retreat to a house they are renting. In the house she begins to fixate heavy onto the yellow wallpaper.
Not going to go into any more detail since the story is so short, but also since it is so well known.
Instead I'll just say that this was an enjoyable read, it was interesting to read it knowing how influential it is. I didn't grow up or spend time in school reading a whole lot of classics. It's interesting to go back and read more and realize how these older works are still heavily inspiring today.
Anyway this was a good read. I could feel the anxiousness and decent into madness. Do to this short of a story it felt so fast and fever like. The main character is keeping a journal which she keeps secret from her husband. She has experienced some episode and to help her "nervousness" her husband has taken her to this retreat to a house they are renting. In the house she begins to fixate heavy onto the yellow wallpaper.
Not going to go into any more detail since the story is so short, but also since it is so well known.
Instead I'll just say that this was an enjoyable read, it was interesting to read it knowing how influential it is. I didn't grow up or spend time in school reading a whole lot of classics. It's interesting to go back and read more and realize how these older works are still heavily inspiring today.