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merlesstorys's review against another edition
challenging
inspiring
mysterious
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
Wow.
I had this book on my list for a while and finally came around reading it, and it was so great.
The four main women, Max, Olivia, Lauren and Care, are all pretty different and we get to see how their lifes outside of work look like, but most importantly we get to know their shitty work environments. How the boys get better jobs, how reports of SA are dismissed, how they need a whisper network to help each other instead of being acknowledged.
The characters’ personalities didn’t wartet to me that much because that wasn’t the focus. The focus was their actions to create a different world for women. And it worked: every step stone of their blog felt important and exciting to me and all those anxieties about happenstances and job security felt understandable. And I liked how they were able to be in control of the blog’s power and especially (more or less) of their anonymity, until they wanted to be heard by their real names. The fact that everything worked out for them in the end - relatively - was the cherry on top.
(Also I cannot shake my first impression that the blog would be a bit like Gossip Girl in corporate world, and it for pretty good)
I had this book on my list for a while and finally came around reading it, and it was so great.
The four main women, Max, Olivia, Lauren and Care, are all pretty different and we get to see how their lifes outside of work look like, but most importantly we get to know their shitty work environments. How the boys get better jobs, how reports of SA are dismissed, how they need a whisper network to help each other instead of being acknowledged.
The characters’ personalities didn’t wartet to me that much because that wasn’t the focus. The focus was their actions to create a different world for women. And it worked: every step stone of their blog felt important and exciting to me and all those anxieties about happenstances and job security felt understandable. And I liked how they were able to be in control of the blog’s power and especially (more or less) of their anonymity, until they wanted to be heard by their real names. The fact that everything worked out for them in the end - relatively - was the cherry on top.
(Also I cannot shake my first impression that the blog would be a bit like Gossip Girl in corporate world, and it for pretty good)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Gaslighting, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Sexual assault, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Drug use, Misogyny, and Bullying
timetotalkbeauty's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
4.0
Content Warnings
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Misogyny, and Sexual harassment
mariamj's review against another edition
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Very amazing story about 4 friends using their voices to bring change. Good read!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual content, Sexism, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Misogyny, Bullying, Sexual violence, Emotional abuse, and Gaslighting
bekah1210's review against another edition
hopeful
inspiring
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Sexual harassment
frantically's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
The characters seemed so one-dimensional (which is ironic considering their online alias) and I couldn't differentiate them until the last 20%.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Sexual harassment, and Sexism
Moderate: Excrement
sleeson's review against another edition
challenging
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I liked this debut book by Amanda Pellegrino. It had the right amount of everything. The four best friends sticking together no matter what. Exposing unfair treatment for women at work. Not too much romance. Not too many storylines. It kept going down the right path. It wasn’t the annoyingly over top feminist nonsense you see sometimes. Nor did the book go out of it’s way to bash all men. Though it was fictional, it brought some real life scenarios to light. The narrator was good. However, I kept getting the characters confused with one another. They sounded very similar. Moderate swearing. Mild sexual content. I will read her next novel.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Alcohol, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Misogyny, Sexual assault, and Bullying
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