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Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
Therese Oneill
3.76 AVERAGE
601 reviews for:
Unmentionable: The Victorian Lady's Guide to Sex, Marriage, and Manners
Therese Oneill
3.76 AVERAGE
This book killed me. It was funny, informative and totally up my alley (I am a sucker for the 18th century/Victorian period). It had me simultaneously reduced to endless giggles and had me bookmarking topics for further research. Great start to 2017 year of books!
I loved the content and entertaining writing style that explored the not-so-glamourous side of being a woman in the Victorian era. I love this kinds of social-historical research, so this was right up my alley. My biggest complaint was that the author doesn't footnote anything and there were only witty, made up captions on all of the photos and illustrations, rather than what they were actually of or from. Overall it was an entertaining and informative read.
Very informative and very funny. I don't have a particular interest in the Vixtorian age, myself, and I still gobbled up all the facts with relish. Great read.
This was really fascinating and hilarious, but I admit I skimmed over some parts that I just wasn't as interested in, but overall, I highly recommend this one!
Meh. It was Ok. Humor a bit obvious and annoying. Nothing too new but women’s crotchless undergarments.
funny
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reflective
fast-paced
This book is both goofy and informative in equal measures. There’s such a fun way of conveying what’s often horrifying primary source material. It’s very good for anyone who’s ever gotten a little moon-eyed over a good brocade gown and needs a gentle reminder of how good we have it in the stretch-pants and voting rights era.
My only gripe is that the book is pretty narrow in scope. While I distinctly remember the author addressing it in the beginning, I do think a slightly expanded discussion could have only further improved the book.
My only gripe is that the book is pretty narrow in scope. While I distinctly remember the author addressing it in the beginning, I do think a slightly expanded discussion could have only further improved the book.
This is a flippant book about the difficulty of being a Victorian woman. I preferred How to Be a Victorian, but still both entertaining and interesting.
I wanted more information and less snarky commentary. The framing of the book as a travel guide for a 21st century women put a gloss on the commentary that I thought was unhelpful and projected 21st century norms onto 19th century women. I liked Ruth Goodman's How to be a Victorian a lot more, although it doesn't focus exclusively on women.
I'm more than slightly disturbed at how much of the Victorian body-shame nonsense still feels applicable both culturally and deep in my own psyche. Parts of this were a fun romp of "how silly!" and then--much like a corset causes lasting damage to one's internal core structure--here we still are.