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emmy9937's review
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
This book was really interesting and informative, and I’ll definitely have to read it again to fully process everything, but I wish Miles hadn’t focused so heavily on white women. It seemed like she only mentioned women of color as a side note or an afterthought, especially when discussing the American civil rights movement.
thereadingsparrow's review
dark
funny
informative
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
3.5
I still don't know who cooked the last supper...
Jokes aside: Some very interesting facts, but not really up-to-date with the current research or language (understandably, but just to point out that there are better works to be consulted instead), immerses itself too much in the "mystical/divine womanhood" trope in my opinion and is not as nuanced as I would have liked, plus a bit hypocritical (e.g.: men do this thing and it's bad, women do the same thing and it's okay).
Jokes aside: Some very interesting facts, but not really up-to-date with the current research or language (understandably, but just to point out that there are better works to be consulted instead), immerses itself too much in the "mystical/divine womanhood" trope in my opinion and is not as nuanced as I would have liked, plus a bit hypocritical (e.g.: men do this thing and it's bad, women do the same thing and it's okay).
hollygmeier's review
dark
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Sexism, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Death, Domestic abuse, and Lesbophobia
annab802's review
1.0
I was very disappointed by this book. I'm not a historian, but I found multiple inaccuracies throughout the book just by looking for more information when something sparked my curiosity.
There's also some poorly handled issues around race, including language that wouldn't be acceptable now and use of probably racist sources without acknowledging their bias.
Overall the structure of the book was lacking to me as well, we jump around in time and theme and I found it hard to understand concurrences or like the overall timeline. And then the end of the book rushes through the last chapter and just ends, with no conclusion to wrap it up.
The topic of the book is obviously of great interest and there are some thought provoking moments, but I'm rating this harshly because I don't think it should be as widely recommended as it is.
There's also some poorly handled issues around race, including language that wouldn't be acceptable now and use of probably racist sources without acknowledging their bias.
Overall the structure of the book was lacking to me as well, we jump around in time and theme and I found it hard to understand concurrences or like the overall timeline. And then the end of the book rushes through the last chapter and just ends, with no conclusion to wrap it up.
The topic of the book is obviously of great interest and there are some thought provoking moments, but I'm rating this harshly because I don't think it should be as widely recommended as it is.