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jmrprice's review against another edition
2.0
Based purely on the six Egyptian women rulers discussed, this work gave exemplary information and context, providing a robust commentary on their capabilities and effects on history (through preservation of dynasties) - and likely deserves a higher rating.
However… Ms Cooney kept dragging contemporary American politics into the work (namely Hillary Clinton, then Obama and Trump to a lesser degree) which was rather frustrating and infuriating. GAH! Besides, these political diatribes were barely tangentially germane to the discussion at hand… and why spoil an excellent work on Egyptian history with American political figures. GRR!
However… Ms Cooney kept dragging contemporary American politics into the work (namely Hillary Clinton, then Obama and Trump to a lesser degree) which was rather frustrating and infuriating. GAH! Besides, these political diatribes were barely tangentially germane to the discussion at hand… and why spoil an excellent work on Egyptian history with American political figures. GRR!
crazylady_usmc's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
erikajay's review against another edition
2.0
I was so excited for this book, but ended up disappointed. I think the book was poorly written and the author was quite biased in her writing, which is something a historian should strive to avoid. One thing that really bothered me was the comparisons/references to modern day. Basically the entire introduction was about Hillary Clinton and Trump. Then we get several references to Clinton in the book, a comparison to Sting, and several mentions of Harvey Weinstein. None of those people should be mentioned at all in a book about Egyptian rulers. It really took away from the narrative and the comparisons were just so awkward and unnecessary that I couldn’t take a lot of this book seriously.
longaneyes_'s review against another edition
Yeah okay I had to stop after that comment: "Women in power are seen so seldom in religion. A female pope? Unthinkable." GOSH these people don't know anything about Catholicism but just think "No woman pope? Catholic bad." 🤡🤡🤡
erinbritt's review against another edition
3.0
While I preferred Kooney’s other book The Woman Who Would Be King I found this one really interesting and informative. It was really interesting and gave good information about both Egypt’s more famous queens/female kings, Cleopatra and Nefertiti, as well as some less famous ones like Tausret. I thought she had too many modern connections throughout the book, they were okay in the introduction but I found them disruptive and annoying in the rest of the text. I didn’t really care for the epilogue either but I would recommend reading it if you want to learn about female Egyptian kings.
holly0213's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
3.5