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joanareads's review against another edition
5.0
I love the print version of the London dungeon! This made me so happy and it was so funny please listen to the audiobook thank you
thatsme_lauravz's review against another edition
3.0
I really liked this, but ultimately I found it inconsistently funny and I knew a lot of the information already. If you’re new to Victorian-era women’s history/health I definitely recommend, but I don’t know that anyone who has studied it will get a lot out of the book.
snickies's review against another edition
1.0
DNF. Too mean-spirited and snarky and too light on actual information for me.
j3nnplam's review against another edition
2.0
I liked the premise, but it felt a lot like confirming stereotypes via advertisements and era-related fiction. I could not tell if this was supposed to be accurate non-fiction written humourously to make it palatable or a straight up comedy book drawn from shallow research pools. I think maybe the author wasn't sure either.
The whole book can be summed up as "LOL everyone was gross and men were dumb LOL".
The whole book can be summed up as "LOL everyone was gross and men were dumb LOL".
tobyyy's review against another edition
3.0
Unmentionable is a fascinating premise.
But... I got bored about a quarter of the way through with the humor that Oneill uses. She talks directly to the reader, as though she had directly transported the reader to Victorian times and was walking the reader through all of the differences compared to present-day.
And the humor just... gets tiresome.
It's not a bad sense of humor. Not disgusting really (well, given the content of the book - not any more disgusting than I'd naturally expect). There's just too much of it even in a few pages.
And honestly, my tolerance for topics such as these is rather low. I forgot that, too.
Would recommend to those who are interested in the topics covered in the book... but wouldn't recommend as a pleasurable read just for humor's sake.
One thing I did love was that the very last "chapter" (2 pages) was a very female empowering one. That was awesome. I also liked the pictures and excerpts that were everywhere in this book (the only things that made reading it worthwhile, IMO).
But man. It dragged on for me just too long.
But... I got bored about a quarter of the way through with the humor that Oneill uses. She talks directly to the reader, as though she had directly transported the reader to Victorian times and was walking the reader through all of the differences compared to present-day.
And the humor just... gets tiresome.
It's not a bad sense of humor. Not disgusting really (well, given the content of the book - not any more disgusting than I'd naturally expect). There's just too much of it even in a few pages.
And honestly, my tolerance for topics such as these is rather low. I forgot that, too.
Would recommend to those who are interested in the topics covered in the book... but wouldn't recommend as a pleasurable read just for humor's sake.
One thing I did love was that the very last "chapter" (2 pages) was a very female empowering one. That was awesome. I also liked the pictures and excerpts that were everywhere in this book (the only things that made reading it worthwhile, IMO).
But man. It dragged on for me just too long.
otherashley's review against another edition
3.0
A fun and super snarky look at what your favorite period dramas and historical fictions were hiding from you all along. There's some good information in here, but once you dig past all the joking there isn't *that* much substance. If you're looking for something more substantial while still being easy to read I'd try [b:How to Be a Victorian: A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life|24043472|How to Be a Victorian A Dawn-to-Dusk Guide to Victorian Life|Ruth Goodman|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1430174666s/24043472.jpg|24017889].
hijinx_abound's review against another edition
3.0
Cheeky look at what the Victorian era was actually like. I had no idea that the undergarments were crotchless but it makes sense. I am not sure I would survive the lack of bathing or the strong perfume.