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The Eights

Joanna Miller

3.92 AVERAGE

sparklerush's review against another edition

4.5

emotional inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Complicated

lies2604's review against another edition

3.75

adventurous dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

bekab20's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad fast-paced

kendra_kendra's review against another edition

4.25

adventurous emotional funny informative inspiring 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: Complicated

shelf_reflect10n's review against another edition

4.0

funny hopeful fast-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: No

It’s not Gaudy Night, but it’s a good way to find out about the first women able to get degrees at Oxford. I think it pairs well with the Pip Williams novels about Oxford.

mouthful_of_alphabet's review against another edition

3.75

emotional inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Loveable characters: Yes

nancyt's review against another edition

4.0

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Primarily set at Oxford University in the early 1920s, it follows the fortunes of four undergraduates, part of the first group of women admitted to study for a full degree. Enrolled at St. Hugh’s college for women, the four are placed in adjacent rooms, a happenstance that leads to the gradual formation of strong bonds between them. There’s Beatrice from Bloomsbury, daughter of a prominent suffragette; Marianne a shy vicar’s daughter; Dora who’s still reeling from the loss of both her boyfriend and brother in the trenches of WW1; and irrepressible, glamourous socialite Otto.

The book not only focuses on the strength of female friendship, forged in a male-dominated and somewhat unwelcoming environment but it also highlights the ongoing effects of WW1 on both the town, country and its citizens. I enjoyed it and loved the post-war setting from a female point of view.