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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
I like my biographies with more context. Also only encompasses the period in Lister's life covered in the movie. I wonder how other biographies compare.
This companion to the BBC/HBO series is thorough and well researched. I’m sure many who enjoyed the series, and want more, will be glad that this is available.
Had interesting information in it, but overall read like a really long Wikipedia article
Reading this book made me want to rewatch the show again cause the show is just so top-tier. The book is good but I liked watching the tv show better. This book did make me want to travel to Shibden Hall one day to see it and to see Anne's lasting legacy there.
This book is definitely more in detail about Anne's life before the events of the show.
I know this book is a biography so they wouldn't have mentioned it but I really want to know how Anne's journals were cracked.
I can't believe how accepting Anne's family, especially how accepting her aunt was of Anne's lesbianism.
I also can't believe that certain parts of the show actually happened. Like, Anne getting attacked on the way home from Ann Walker's one night or the whole Reverend Ainsworth/Ann Walker deal. I couldn't tell if Ann's and Ainsworth's relationship was consensual or not, all I know is it certainly didn't play out like it did in the show.
I thought some of Ann's euphemisms were funny like "going to Italy" or grubbling. Sidenote, the word "grubbling" sounds so gross.
Maybe I just missed the resolution to this but the book kinda dropped the whole Rawsons vs Anne coal subplot once it got close to the end.
I liked that Anne and Marian were able to resolve their differences hopefully that will happen in the show.
Ann and Anne's final engagement/confrontation wasn't as dramatic as it was in the show so that was a bit disappointing since so many other events in the show were true.
This book is definitely more in detail about Anne's life before the events of the show.
I know this book is a biography so they wouldn't have mentioned it but I really want to know how Anne's journals were cracked.
I can't believe how accepting Anne's family, especially how accepting her aunt was of Anne's lesbianism.
I also can't believe that certain parts of the show actually happened. Like, Anne getting attacked on the way home from Ann Walker's one night or the whole Reverend Ainsworth/Ann Walker deal. I couldn't tell if Ann's and Ainsworth's relationship was consensual or not, all I know is it certainly didn't play out like it did in the show.
I thought some of Ann's euphemisms were funny like "going to Italy" or grubbling. Sidenote, the word "grubbling" sounds so gross.
Maybe I just missed the resolution to this but the book kinda dropped the whole Rawsons vs Anne coal subplot once it got close to the end.
I liked that Anne and Marian were able to resolve their differences hopefully that will happen in the show.
Ann and Anne's final engagement/confrontation wasn't as dramatic as it was in the show so that was a bit disappointing since so many other events in the show were true.
I thought it was going to be a fictional story, but it turned out to be a real life (non-fictional) accounting of the struggles of Anne Lister. Mostly daily recollections, but also her desire to find a companion...Anne Harper.
In some ways it was interesting to see what she wrote, but a lot of it was basically dry and boring...to be honest.
I know that it has its audience, but I was unprepared. When I eventually watch the TV series...I will know what I'm getting into.
In some ways it was interesting to see what she wrote, but a lot of it was basically dry and boring...to be honest.
I know that it has its audience, but I was unprepared. When I eventually watch the TV series...I will know what I'm getting into.
While I found this to be fairly boring at times, it made me happy. I’m glad people like Anne, with their unwavering self esteem and inability to not be themselves have always existed. Anne is an important historical figure simply because she was a Lesbian in a time when there wasn’t even a word for it, and she lived her life on her own terms. I’m happy she existed, proud of her and her friends and relatives for accepting her, and damned grateful to the universe that she ultimately got what she wanted. All of that made this book worth more than three stars in my opinion.
A great companion to the TV show (which I loved). The book dives a little more into the history and details of Anne Lister's life. Her courage and strength, to live life the way SHE wanted to, are inspiring!
informative
slow-paced
was kinda messy and long but i guess thats what you should expect from a diary, was nice to learn about the life of important person in lesbian history
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Fun little peak into Anne Lister’s life. Doesn’t add much beyond the narrative of the show. It was nice to see quotes from the diaries to appreciate Lister’s voice and eccentricities. Also complicates her narrative with politics, which I think is something good to know rather than to gloss over,
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Racial slurs, Racism, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Medical content
Minor: Death, Religious bigotry
There are sections that discuss political/scientific views of the time that are inherently racist. Also some level of non-consent/questionable consent/mental ability to consent that occur between Lister and Walker.