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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
Good to read in one swoop or pick and choose to what appeals. Lots of good tidbits and advice, Wish I had this in my midteens to early twenties, would have made a huge difference in my experiences. I recommend this book.
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
Very good. Funny and light-hearted, which helped balance how serious and frustrating the content was. The tips and ideas to combat the problem could be helpful in those particular situations. It seems the book has illustrations which was lost to me since I listened to the audiobook version. This would be a good text in any gender studies or business course. It does say the f word a lot though. :) The reader of the audiobook did a good job. She needed to pause a moment between section headings because the lack of pause left me confused several times.
An interesting read - especially for someone who works in a male dominated field. I agree with some of the observations and could identify with some of the stories and could recognize people in my own life who would fit descriptions provided. But I also can say I don't totally agree with all of what was said. Should provide for some interesting discussion.
Bland, little thought or analysis employed, mostly anecdotes with overly familiar/parroted conclusions. Yawn.
So overhyped and so disappointing. The analysis it presented has been done before, the advice was underwhelming, and, most of all, the tone was incredibly annoying. I don't need every nonfiction voice I read to be at level of, say, Susan Sontag, but if I wanted to read a puff piece in Cosmo or Glamour, I would read a puff piece in Cosmo or Glamour. The writing came off cutesy, condescending, and completely twee. Don't bother with this one.
There were some useful tips, but I found the format repetitive and boring, and the association of genitals with gender was really backwards. I think it was mentioned that these things do not equate once in the book, but the genitals were mentioned multiple times in every chapter.
Here's the thing about this book, it's good, makes sense, and is relatable to lots of women. That's where it does well and gets those three stars. But there also multiple problems. First, the structure, the book is repetitive in terms of how it is structured and it would have been nice to see some variation. Second, the design reminds me SO MUCH about those pink and blue sex education books that librarians carefully regulated our reading of as kids. Why does it need so much pizzazz? Third, for a book that wants to create a more feminist inclusive work space, it is weirdly obsessed with being more of a vagina gang, than a woman gang. Slightly uncomfortable to say the least.
Would I recommend the book for a fellow gal? Sure but only because HBR doesn't have a gender specific section yet. For now, it is a great read, assuring any woman that they are important and valued in the workspace.
Would I recommend the book for a fellow gal? Sure but only because HBR doesn't have a gender specific section yet. For now, it is a great read, assuring any woman that they are important and valued in the workspace.
I thought this was a great book. The only thing that knocked it down to 4 stars was that it had a very much American slant.