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When Women Ruled the World: Six Queens of Egypt by Kara Cooney
3 reviews
melodyseestrees's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
slow-paced
2.75
Too many comparisons to radically different political situations. The author used many sexist tropes on how Hilary Clinton could've found success in 2016 in the middle of chapters about Egyptian Royalty. It felt more out of place and distracting than relatable. Although little is known about some of these Women I can't help but feel that some were rushed just to slip in mentions of United States politics. It would've been nice to get a little more on how we know what we know about these women.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Incest, and Death
Moderate: Infertility, Murder, Misogyny, and Religious bigotry
qwerty88's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.25
The author is very certain about people's emotions based on a few sculptures from thousands of years ago.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Infertility, Incest, Murder, Suicide, Adult/minor relationship, and Misogyny
at least there are lots of footnotesmariakureads's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
I wanted to fall in love with this, I did, but anytime the author grabbed my attention with the history, she would thrown in current events of the time in which this book was written to try to highlight a point that she was trying to make.
In some cases I could see what she meant and in others, it felt more as if the author was driving her opinion on to the book which changed the flow of the paragraph for me.
Overall, I enjoyed how this book highlighted these six women, provided their backgrounds and story, even if it was still unclear as Egyptologists are still uncovering more so I'm very intrigued by what the book provided as a starting point of interest.
I do wish that some of what was mentioned in the footnotes were actually part of the book as it could have helped highlight certain moments as to why there is uncertainty within the community as to what were the events that lead certain moments to be written as such.
In some cases I could see what she meant and in others, it felt more as if the author was driving her opinion on to the book which changed the flow of the paragraph for me.
Overall, I enjoyed how this book highlighted these six women, provided their backgrounds and story, even if it was still unclear as Egyptologists are still uncovering more so I'm very intrigued by what the book provided as a starting point of interest.
I do wish that some of what was mentioned in the footnotes were actually part of the book as it could have helped highlight certain moments as to why there is uncertainty within the community as to what were the events that lead certain moments to be written as such.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Incest, Infertility, Infidelity, Misogyny, and Murder
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