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alisarae 's review for:
The Haunted Boy
by Carson McCullers
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My first Carson McCullers - an author whom I always suspected I would like. Women who wrote about darker undercurrents during the white and rosy 1950s always intrigue me.
I found it quite interesting to read this back to back with The Problem That Has No Name by Betty Friedan, another book from the Modern Classics set. In two of the stories, middle class housewives are dealing with mental illness, perhaps part of their problem is "the problem that has no name." The other story, The Sojourner, paints a picture of a man who is unsatisfied, melancholic, and lonely, in spite of having many opportunities to not be those things. It questions the rosey midcentury American experience.
I found it quite interesting to read this back to back with The Problem That Has No Name by Betty Friedan, another book from the Modern Classics set. In two of the stories, middle class housewives are dealing with mental illness, perhaps part of their problem is "the problem that has no name." The other story, The Sojourner, paints a picture of a man who is unsatisfied, melancholic, and lonely, in spite of having many opportunities to not be those things. It questions the rosey midcentury American experience.