Reviews

The Magnificent Lives of Marjorie Post by Allison Pataki

amandag0515's review

adventurous informative inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

3.75

A lovely telling of this amazing American woman’s life. I had no idea all the things she did during her lifetime but it was a joy to read about. 

lilays43's review

informative medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

sophieeweber's review

adventurous emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.25

lexcellent's review

adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Outing, Alcoholism, Sexism, Death of parent, Alcohol, Infidelity, and War

rrivers513's review

informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

paigejohns's review

inspiring medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

maggie_falk's review

informative lighthearted reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

lindsayjanej's review against another edition

adventurous emotional informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

kendyle's review against another edition

slow-paced

3.0

aclassi_k's review

3.0

For some reason I thought this book was about time travel/immortality, so I was quite confused in the beginning lol.

I have never heard of Marjorie Post or her company (might be because I'm not from the USA), but her life is quite interesting. At moments I thought that the book was heavily influences by The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo just by the main character and the focus on the love interests. Also, can I just point out that you can be the richest, most gorgeous woman and men will still be trash because of your trauma and because they think they're better than you?

The writing was very... surface-level? It was really hard to have an emotional attachment to the characters as the writing was very matter-of-fact and no additional emotions.

Also, eat the rich.