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eliasiexil's review
2.0
I see the importance of this book being around, and the inspiration and impact in people's lives it might have. For me, I had a hard time finish it because I want the GOOD STUFF, the juicy parts, y'know. Not who you had supper with and when you went to bed and what you bought at the market place. Sure it's interesting if you are more interested in how people lived in the early 19th century if they where wealthy. I'm sorry Anne. I think this book would have been more red and known about if it was all cooked down to be more dramatic and about more intense events and happenings.
anebz's review
2.0
I can't imagine the amount of work it must have taken to go through these long and cryptic diaries and make sense of them. Unfortunately it sounds like life in the 1820s in England was terribly boring, and I'm not all that interested in reading how much things costed or how long it took to walk down to Halifax. Anne Lister's interesting years were in the 1830s so I'm surprised these diaries go from 1817 to 1824 only. Reading the editor's comments was enough to have a rough idea of her life throughout these years.
sarahbavaro's review
2.0
DNF at 65%. Interesting to read a piece of monumental LGBTQ+ history unfolding, but found it quite difficult to like or relate to Anne. I couldnt look past her arrogance or the way she spoke about the women she was affiliated with. Great insight into what it was like to live in the early 1800’s.
isabella_reads's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
icthusbookcorner's review
3.0
3.5 epah é um diário! Gostei porque história e cenas mas não é como ler um livro com um enredo e personagens definidas. Não deixa de ser um bom pedaço de história LGBT e recomendo vivamente a quem tenha interesse no tema.
elikuiken's review against another edition
5.0
Can’t give it less than 5 stars because the research was immaculate and the entries were way more interesting than I thought they’d be.
PSA, though, if you’re looking for Gentleman Jack entries this takes place a good decade before Ann Walker comes into the picture. It’s mostly Anne wailing about how déclassé her family is, simping over Mariana who seems shitty, and treating various other women such as Tab like garbage.
Anne Lister is a Shane but less hot and more whiney. If you’ve ever wondered how a privileged aristocratic woman from the 1820s saw the world, this is your warning that it’s exactly what you’d think it would be. Anne is classist, rude, and snobby. Anne thinks everyone around her is stupid and uneducated and that she’s God’s gift to her family even though she’s so dismissive to her father and sister that it’s a wonder they didn’t throw her into one of her coal pits.
But she’s also a victim of her circumstance, and it’s fascinating to see how an eccentric lesbian who wanted a wife in 1820s Yorkshire saw the world. She’s intelligent, independent, and insanely brave. She married a woman in Georgian England.
Really interesting to read, but don’t expect Suranne Jones or whimsical forth-wall breaking entertainment.
PSA, though, if you’re looking for Gentleman Jack entries this takes place a good decade before Ann Walker comes into the picture. It’s mostly Anne wailing about how déclassé her family is, simping over Mariana who seems shitty, and treating various other women such as Tab like garbage.
Anne Lister is a Shane but less hot and more whiney. If you’ve ever wondered how a privileged aristocratic woman from the 1820s saw the world, this is your warning that it’s exactly what you’d think it would be. Anne is classist, rude, and snobby. Anne thinks everyone around her is stupid and uneducated and that she’s God’s gift to her family even though she’s so dismissive to her father and sister that it’s a wonder they didn’t throw her into one of her coal pits.
But she’s also a victim of her circumstance, and it’s fascinating to see how an eccentric lesbian who wanted a wife in 1820s Yorkshire saw the world. She’s intelligent, independent, and insanely brave. She married a woman in Georgian England.
Really interesting to read, but don’t expect Suranne Jones or whimsical forth-wall breaking entertainment.