Price of Salt

While the action certainly did pick up towards the end, I didn’t end up enjoying the book too much. I still couldn’t get over the forced awkwardness that filled up each of the pages. I remember mentioning in class that I thought the awkwardness was added to prove what true love could do, transforming their relationship into a smooth one but this wasn’t really the case until just before the end.

The detective was an interesting addition. The sheer fact that in this period lesbianism would be the main argument against custody is interesting, and no matter how progressive we have become today, you might wonder how much has changed.

Finally, after completing the book I don’t believe the Price of Salt is the right choice for the cannon—simply because I’m not sure it’s very well written. I absolutely agree some novel in this genre should be included, but I am not familiar with any other choices to make a suggestion. I think this book brings up crucial themes that needed to be considered more thoroughly in our minds. Issues of love, confusion, gay identity and a young woman’s voice and life. While her problems may not be grave, I think it is important to add a book to our repertoire that looks at issues or love and lack of sexual desire. A book such as this offers a lot of new information, but again, I don’t believe this particular story is the choice.