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babayagaofficial's review against another edition
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Girlboss, Gatekeep, Gaslight: The Book.
Kind of painfully white and hetero and upper-middle-class, but enjoyable in spite of it.
The few women of color felt really tokenistic to me — one Black, one East Asian, one South Asian, check, check, check! Does that have any effect on their lives or personalities at all? Nope!
Kind of painfully white and hetero and upper-middle-class, but enjoyable in spite of it.
The few women of color felt really tokenistic to me — one Black, one East Asian, one South Asian, check, check, check! Does that have any effect on their lives or personalities at all? Nope!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fire/Fire injury, Forced institutionalization, and Murder
Moderate: Blood, Death, Grief, Mental illness, Pregnancy, and Sexism
Minor: Alcohol, Cursing, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Gaslighting
painausten314's review against another edition
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder and Blood
Moderate: Death, Fire/Fire injury, and Misogyny
carolinebrooks's review against another edition
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, Death, and Fire/Fire injury
katyisreading's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
tense
medium-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
5.0
Y'all. This book. I think there are about to be a lot of opinions on this one floating around. Here's mine: I LOVED it. Recommended for anyone who loved A SPECIAL PLACE FOR WOMEN. Thank you for my advanced copy, @flatiron_books! Out 8/3.
Plot: Nora Spangler is trying to make partner at her law firm but is feeling overwhelmed by her domestic duties, despite her husband's claims that he does half the work. When the Spanglers go house hunting in an exclusive suburban neighborhood, Nora meets a group of high-powered women whose husbands happily help out at home. But as she spends more time in Dynasty Ranch, she realizes there may be more to the husbands' actions than what meets the eye.
I enjoyed every bit of this book: the writing was fantastic and the murder mystery had me guessing until the very end. The piece that makes it a five-star read for me, though, was how Chandler Baker perfectly captures a frustration that a lot of people don't talk about: the emotional, unseen labor of running a household. Throughout the book, Nora struggles to explain why she's mad at her husband. He helps take care of their child, but he isn't proactive about it, and he can't handle any household tasks without consulting her first. This reliance eventually drives Nora to an emotional peak that I think a lot of millennial women (moms and non-moms) will relate to.
TW: Death, conversations around conception and motherhood
Plot: Nora Spangler is trying to make partner at her law firm but is feeling overwhelmed by her domestic duties, despite her husband's claims that he does half the work. When the Spanglers go house hunting in an exclusive suburban neighborhood, Nora meets a group of high-powered women whose husbands happily help out at home. But as she spends more time in Dynasty Ranch, she realizes there may be more to the husbands' actions than what meets the eye.
I enjoyed every bit of this book: the writing was fantastic and the murder mystery had me guessing until the very end. The piece that makes it a five-star read for me, though, was how Chandler Baker perfectly captures a frustration that a lot of people don't talk about: the emotional, unseen labor of running a household. Throughout the book, Nora struggles to explain why she's mad at her husband. He helps take care of their child, but he isn't proactive about it, and he can't handle any household tasks without consulting her first. This reliance eventually drives Nora to an emotional peak that I think a lot of millennial women (moms and non-moms) will relate to.
TW: Death, conversations around conception and motherhood
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death
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