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adragonwithoutfire's review against another edition
3.75
It was a fun read. I wouldn't recommend it if you're looking to really learn something and/or are Gen x or older because of the writing style.
lucita_knjige's review against another edition
1.0
Jesus take the wheel. It's sad that children's books are more feminist and informative than this glorified blog post in book form. Jokes fell flat, it gave me a vibe of *insert hello fellow kids meme* someone who just got on social media and learned the vernacular and said "imma use all of it". Surprised there weren't actual outdated memes printed in it. Also, no Olga of Kiev? Shame! SHAME! But of course, no Olga because she doesn't fit the man-hating so called feminist narrative. Mostly, I am sad and disappointed because reading about history's awesome forgotten women is something I really love. Do better Hannah Jewell.
lorena_reads's review
1.0
It's the worst book I've read in 2023 (and I really wanted to like it).
This book is supposed to be about women, but there are just too many comments/"jokes" about men (generally about how all men are idiots, it's not nice to be married, all the problems these women had were created by men, C. Baudelaire was called "super emo", etc); as a reader, I felt that the focus wasn't on women and their stories, but they were simply a mechanism to portray how all men are pigs, in a style too "feminist" for my taste. Taking this element aside, the stories weren't written that well (useless details, the important facts weren't depicted in a captivating manner and overall the reading was boring when not frustrating). Nice idea, terrible result.
BUT if you like the concept of the book, I recommend "Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings" (that was a book I actually loved reading).
This book is supposed to be about women, but there are just too many comments/"jokes" about men (generally about how all men are idiots, it's not nice to be married, all the problems these women had were created by men, C. Baudelaire was called "super emo", etc); as a reader, I felt that the focus wasn't on women and their stories, but they were simply a mechanism to portray how all men are pigs, in a style too "feminist" for my taste. Taking this element aside, the stories weren't written that well (useless details, the important facts weren't depicted in a captivating manner and overall the reading was boring when not frustrating). Nice idea, terrible result.
BUT if you like the concept of the book, I recommend "Princesses Behaving Badly: Real Stories from History Without the Fairy-Tale Endings" (that was a book I actually loved reading).
ali_w15's review
5.0
A truly empowering and powerful book. Stories about kick ass women you need to know about told in a modern and funny way. I absolutely loved this book.