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timberdoodle's review
challenging
slow-paced
3.5
Incredibly dense work makes for a very slow pace, though the ideas and history here is astonishing.
cturek93's review
4.0
Literally changed my whole perspective, some parts are pretty disturbing to read, but they show the harshness of how women were/are treated. I do wish there were a bit more world cultures involved, and longer biographies of some women. I assume it was because the book would become a textbook if that were the case.
gracereadsit's review against another edition
I hated this book. I thought it would be about prominent figures in women's history or the triumphs of women throughout history, but it was mostly about the biological and sexual nature of Woman. It wasn’t what I was looking for and I just did not like its contents at all. I jumped around a lot to see if it would get better and it never did
damne's review
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.5
Lectura un poco difícil por los temas en ocasiones, pero pone en los reflectores a muchas mujeres que han sido olvidadas en mayor o menor medida por la historia.
martinhope19's review against another edition
3.5
Audiobook. I wanted to love this book and instead I appreciate it. I find the title misleading. I wanted awesome, winning stories of women in history. This didn’t come until the end and focused more on complaining(which I agree with and get) but isn’t what I was looking for. Highly recommend for any feminist in a hardcore, rebellious mood.
alyssa_max's review
3.0
Meh. I don’t know who the best audience for this book would be. If you already accept the premise that women played a vital and equal role in human history, the book reads like a list of interesting facts about various women in history. If you don’t accept that premise, you won’t pick it up in the first place anyways. As others have noted, while the book attempts to be intersectional as it relates to race and gender, it is heavily Eurocentric and Western-centric, and even less concerned with other identities such as sexuality or ability.
CWs: many potentially needed. Brief but graphic descriptions of violence, rape, and torture throughout.
CWs: many potentially needed. Brief but graphic descriptions of violence, rape, and torture throughout.
katums's review
Suffers from the age it was published in (1988)and being pop history(largely anecdotal). Strongest part is the discussion at the beginning about role of women in prehistory but after that, it’s absolutely nonsense. Better titled as a history of women’s subjugation, rather than a women’s history of the world.