You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.

418 reviews for:

Normal Women

Ainslie Hogarth

3.16 AVERAGE

funny mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Mid plot- Mid characters- Mid cult.

The standout writing really bumps this review up! I could not help but read her inner rage monologues like a hrh collection rant (I mean this in the best possible way)
The tiktok girlies making those devastating carousels about daughters and their moms should really get their paws on a copy of this book for some new soul crushing quotes!
funny mysterious reflective tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I enjoyed this audio, but like with Ainslie's debut motherthing, the ending wasn't great. I'll just leave it at that. It wasn't for me, which is fine.

I wanted to enjoy this book a lot more given that Hogarth’s first book was my first 5 star read of the year, but it fell flat for me. It starts off strong, starts to slow in the middle, then the last 1/3 of the book is such an up and down roller coaster that pulls you right in with all the twists and turns. There were 30 pages left and I was really wondering how it was all going to wrap up, but overall, I wasn’t as impressed as I wanted to be and I felt that there were times the plot just wasn’t progressing despite the pages passing. However, it’s a short enough read at just over 300 pages that has it’s witty/great moments that makes it worth the read if the book sounds even slightly enticing to you
sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: N/A
emotional mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: N/A
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous challenging dark inspiring lighthearted mysterious reflective tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
annessa's profile picture

annessa's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 40%

I really enjoyed her first book, but I just couldn’t get into this one. Instead of torturing myself to finish I decided to DNF.