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Eine Frage der Chemie by Bonnie Garmus

244 reviews

anke3100's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

This was both the best and worst book I've ever read. Elizabeth Zott, the main character, will be my forever favourite fictional character.

The book is highly upsetting in many ways and powering through felt hard at times. Nevertheless, it was worth it. The plot is upsetting because it targets the sexism and abuse of women (in science) of the 1950s and 60s in a realistic way. It's neither exagerrated nor romanticised or brushed off. It's real and that's upsetting. Because even though things have changed, women today still face similar if not the same discrimination. Which is why it's so important to talk about it the way that this book does, in a sober and realistic way. Elizabeth Zott is the guiding light throughout this book, changing the world by believing in herself, in women and in science.

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bloomingbookworm's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional sad slow-paced

2.75

It’s hard to rate this book. What I can say for sure is that it is absolutely not “laugh out loud funny” as the back of the book proclaims. Don’t be fooled by the cheery cover - the first half of the book was quite dark and had many upsetting scenes. The second half was intriguing but the tone felt off considering the darker scenes at the beginning of the book. All in all, I didn’t hate it, but I can’t say I’d recommend it.

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prism_'s review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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akizato's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

What an engaging and inspiring story- really reflects some of the issues faced by women in academia today, but magnified 10x by being set in the 1950/60s. Loved the exploration of identity and what women should be allowed to be, and how being the tall poppy can be really hard. Loved that it emphasised the importance of surrounding yourself with a good support system. Especially loved that it never once looked down upon domestic tasks as inferior to science, just different things that should both be respected. Elizabeth was a really fun character who went through so much but stuck to her principles, even when it cost her greatly, and she felt very well rounded. Her romance with Calvin was so endearing, and I was genuinely sad when it was cut short (though the way he went out was kind of comical). The ending wrapped everything up neatly, but after reading so many books recently with more realistic endings, it was refreshing to read one where the main character got a happy ending, especially after all she suffered. Also I would die for Six Thirty, what a good boy!

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saumyagupta's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.5

Really enjoyed reading the book and especially loved the different characters' point of view. The pacing felt a bit off. My main issue is how the heavy topics were handled, especially rape. The protagonist gets raped by a professor and it gets mentioned in really extreme detail with little to no mention of it after the page 20. It felt a bit weird to me.
But I did enjoy this book and it was a page turner for sure and it also made me cry. I do wish some topics were more explored and some topics weren't dragged on

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