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Not only for the wise

Advantages: A joyful celebreation of life
Disadvantages: It ends...

Wise Children, like all Angela Carter's novels, is very, very, very hard to quantify. The novel itself is a minefield of clichés, stock characters and contrived situations waiting to happen. My point being: this never happens. Ever. Not at all. This ...

No_name 19.10.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Wise Children - Angela Carter

Wise children read this book (run out of puns)

Advantages: Funny, scandalous, happy ending
Disadvantages: Structure leaves a lot to be desired - you might get lost

I bought this book '3 for £1' from a charity shop having only vaguely heard of Angela Carter, but when faced with a bunch of books I have no idea how to choose from, I usually go for the prettiest cover, or the author with the nicest name. In this case, h ...

sakura42 16.08.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Wise Children - Angela Carter

Wise Children by Angela Carter

Advantages: A Colourful, vibrant, rich novel
Disadvantages: the author's lack of moral conduct

Angela Carter's Wise Children is the life story of show businesses Chance Sisters. Dora Chance, twin sister of Nora, narrates throughout the story. She tells their colourful life tale upon the commencement of the twin's seventy- fifth birthdays. The st ...

BeckieWolf 27.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Wise Children - Angela Carter

Pick up and don't put down!

Advantages: Funny, heart felt, sad and entertaining!
Disadvantages: Not one!

This is the first novel by Angela Carter that I have read and I will certainly be reading more! Having found this book when I moved house it sat on my bookcase until I was thoroughly bored and itching for print! From the first paragraph I was hooked a ...

lisaleahjack 28.10.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Wise Children - Angela Carter

a novel to love

Advantages: great ensight to carters own veiws
Disadvantages: changing of time fames can be quite heavy

Angela Carters narrative Wise Children novels explores many themes and expresses many of her veiws. It is clear through her writting that she was a feminst thgouh the dominance of the male characters. Without giving away the novels main theme, the text ex ...

aimzxx 23.10.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Wise Children - Angela Carter