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sarahdenn27's review against another edition
5.0
The first essays of the book were AMAZING. But I got to the Lolita one and was sadly disappointed. Solnit is an incredible feminist writer though, and these essays were powerful and extremely well-written.
kris10reading's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
kimmeyer's review against another edition
4.0
I have the same criticism of this book as I did for Men Explain Things to Me: Some essays are exponentially stronger than others, and being a collection of essays on essentially the same topic, some very specific references to events or people appear multiple times within the same book. That said, Solnit is smart and witty and I really like her work.
crackedspines_'s review against another edition
read some of this for school, didn’t like it enough to finish it. I read more than 20 pages but it wasn’t in order.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny
niniane's review against another edition
4.0
Well reasoned essays on modern day feminism. Gets 4 stars because they are a bit more reactive and less "high level inspirational" than "Men Explain Things to Me".
ratxheart's review against another edition
reflective
sad
slow-paced
2.75
I suggest reading the essays that intrigue you instead of this book as a whole from cover to cover, it will give a much better impression.
it would have been mindblowing to read this book as a 15 year old facing sexism that other people brushed off. however reading it now was boring. it's really circular, common to find sentences with series of three or more terms listing bad things that can happen to women without ever going in depth.
- women face xyz
- yes i agree, what's next?
i feel like the book should have assumed it is on the same page with the reader and moved forwards instead of trying to convince a skeptic who would never read this in the first place. critique of pornography was rare breath of fresh hair throughout the book.
I liked the essays about stories and indentifying with women characters in stories and how the common literature criticism narrative is we are supposed to feel for the male protagonist.
it would have been mindblowing to read this book as a 15 year old facing sexism that other people brushed off. however reading it now was boring. it's really circular, common to find sentences with series of three or more terms listing bad things that can happen to women without ever going in depth.
- women face xyz
- yes i agree, what's next?
i feel like the book should have assumed it is on the same page with the reader and moved forwards instead of trying to convince a skeptic who would never read this in the first place. critique of pornography was rare breath of fresh hair throughout the book.
I liked the essays about stories and indentifying with women characters in stories and how the common literature criticism narrative is we are supposed to feel for the male protagonist.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Abortion, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, and Child abuse
zacna's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.5
Tbh I didn’t learn anything new aside the plot of The Giant movie. Great book tho, but at the end it felt like wasted time. If you’re not well read on the topics of feminism, a must read position, definitely. If you want to read on the topic of silencing women, I suggest Mary beard’s ‘women and power’ instead.