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jayraams's review against another edition
4.0
If you like the show this is a good companion to that. I highly recommend it for a long weekend read
lsparrow's review
4.0
I have become very interested in the history around Anne Lister - to have such a personal account of queer life to go back to is so rare and exciting. This book seems to try to take the diary and using excerpts form a clear story line leaving out the more mundane portions. It just makes me want to know more. Anne Lister is fascinating.
bluepeng04's review
3.0
It's enjoyable to read AL's actual words from her diaries and learn a bit more of her life during the events of the show. But I went looking for a book to give me a fuller view of her than I got from the show, and I didn't feel that this one managed to do that. Enjoyable enough if you weren't looking for anything too in depth.
salter_surrealism's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
ajb24's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 rounded up to 4 stars.
I don't have a very strong opinion about this book one way or the other. It was entertaining and gave me a good summary of Anne Lister's life. Now I know about her but don't have to read her full diaries. Rounded up to 4 because it seems like it was quite the task to read all of what Anne wrote and then summarize the key events in her life. Her life was incredibly interesting and so unique compared to a typical narrative of the time. It makes me appreciate the vastness of history in a way and wonder at how much variety there really was in the past. Anne Lister happened to document her life in extreme detail (and it managed to survive this long), but how many others were living "alternative" lives that we'll never know about? It's just interesting to think about.
I haven't actually watched the TV series yet, so maybe that affected my reading experience/the enjoyment I got out of it.
I don't have a very strong opinion about this book one way or the other. It was entertaining and gave me a good summary of Anne Lister's life. Now I know about her but don't have to read her full diaries. Rounded up to 4 because it seems like it was quite the task to read all of what Anne wrote and then summarize the key events in her life. Her life was incredibly interesting and so unique compared to a typical narrative of the time. It makes me appreciate the vastness of history in a way and wonder at how much variety there really was in the past. Anne Lister happened to document her life in extreme detail (and it managed to survive this long), but how many others were living "alternative" lives that we'll never know about? It's just interesting to think about.
I haven't actually watched the TV series yet, so maybe that affected my reading experience/the enjoyment I got out of it.