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sendlasagna's review against another edition
medium-paced
4.0
Very cool stuff. The essays preceding the comics were wicked, I loved the intro essay and the comics’ art style. The colour of the cover doesn’t fit with the art style inside, though.
Writers I particularly enjoyed: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell; Mary Wollstonecraft; Frances E W Harper; Alice Dunbar Nelson; Edith Maude Eaton; Louisa May Alcott — and probably the one to most fascinate me in every regard, Anne Lister.
Note to self: it’s the Beatrix Potter/ Peter Rabbit art style in the childhood book of fables
Cool words: Ameliorate, garner, consumption
Writers I particularly enjoyed: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley; Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell; Mary Wollstonecraft; Frances E W Harper; Alice Dunbar Nelson; Edith Maude Eaton; Louisa May Alcott — and probably the one to most fascinate me in every regard, Anne Lister.
Note to self: it’s the Beatrix Potter/ Peter Rabbit art style in the childhood book of fables
Cool words: Ameliorate, garner, consumption
dame_samara's review against another edition
4.0
This book at it's core is "Empowered Women, Empower Women*.
This book takes an interesting look at what inspired different women to take up their own mantle and put their own thoughts and ideas out there.
And through the course of this book we see often it's the women who came before them, inspiring them to follow in their footsteps.
It's a poignant reminder that we to may someday be the person someone looks up too.
This book takes an interesting look at what inspired different women to take up their own mantle and put their own thoughts and ideas out there.
And through the course of this book we see often it's the women who came before them, inspiring them to follow in their footsteps.
It's a poignant reminder that we to may someday be the person someone looks up too.
itselvv's review against another edition
I love women. All women. (Except charlotte Brontë, apparently, until I read something by her to determine what I think of her; I just like her a bit, because she’s a woman). Bottom line, loved it!
thehikinglawstudent's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
This books sums up ruby gillis line 'how I love being a woman!'.
The women writers in this book are so remarkable and make me so proud as a reader and women writer myself.
The women writers in this book are so remarkable and make me so proud as a reader and women writer myself.
kimcheel's review against another edition
3.0
I received an advance copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!
I really enjoyed the spirit of this book. Women have been ignored by the literary world for a long time, and I'm glad the women that broke grounds received the recognition they may not have received in their time. By the authors' own admission, there were far too many to put in one book; so I hope this turns into a kind of series, because readers will see it's very euro-centric. I'd love to read something like this with an even broader scope.
I do wish, that there were more graphics to this graphic novel. It was such an informative book; and it's hard to fault them for that, but I would say it was 50% text and 50% graphic panes. I wish more of the text could have been converted.
I think my harshest criticism is for the font used when the women were writing. It was almost too difficult to read.
I really enjoyed the spirit of this book. Women have been ignored by the literary world for a long time, and I'm glad the women that broke grounds received the recognition they may not have received in their time. By the authors' own admission, there were far too many to put in one book; so I hope this turns into a kind of series, because readers will see it's very euro-centric. I'd love to read something like this with an even broader scope.
I do wish, that there were more graphics to this graphic novel. It was such an informative book; and it's hard to fault them for that, but I would say it was 50% text and 50% graphic panes. I wish more of the text could have been converted.
I think my harshest criticism is for the font used when the women were writing. It was almost too difficult to read.
ashleyholstrom's review against another edition
4.0
What a lovely collection of little biographies about classic women writers.
kaylielongley's review against another edition
3.0
It took me far too long to read this one. While the premise is good, the execution needs work. Authors/illustrators pull random moments of 18 female authors' lives, first sharing a 1-page biography, then using graphics to share why they wrote. Themes emerge, like hiding a true identity or analyzing the horror of the everyday via fiction. Reading this book (and actually owning it, thanks to my school's book fair!) will certainly help my goal to read more classics, as it gives some context to the Bronte sisters, Jane Austen, and Elizabeth Barett Browning, among others. But I'd love some narratives by BIPOC, queer, and/or 'modern classic' authors. Intersectional feminists, rise!
darshreads's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.0
Two weeks ago, I found myself in the library, endlessly scanning the shelves to find a compelling enough read to end the year with. I didn’t want something too cumbersome. I also did not want to read something that would overload my ever-diminishing attention span and so I thought, it’s time! *Cue Mariah Carey* to grab a graphic novel.
I thought I’d pick up Saga or a memoir but what caught my eye was this quaint little pink volume about the lives of 12 classic women writers. Not giving it much thought, I checked it out of the library’s expecting it to gather dust in my room until it was time to return it.
However, what did end up happening was my being immersed in the lives of these legendary writers for the last couple of weeks.
Why she wrote offers a brief description of the lives of these women writers followed by a graphical illustration of a particular episode that influenced their writing.
The book has a great structure to it that gives you an idea of the environments and cultures that these women grew up in and wrote in. It also does a great job detailing the shared struggle that some of them faced and showcased the sheer determination they all needed to get through to being published and being acknowledged for their talents.
I felt a sense of loss by the time I turned the last page, having been kept company by these intelligent women and witnessing the rich and complicated lives they led. It almost felt like I bid farewell to a comforting group of friends and isn’t that what we all want in a good book?
Fun! Wish I would love a similar book about the lives of other marginalized writers.