418 reviews for:

Normal Women

Ainslie Hogarth

3.16 AVERAGE

sophie_w's review against another edition

3.5

medium-paced

meggypie's review against another edition

4.25

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense slow-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

kingsamong's review against another edition

3.75

dark emotional funny fast-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

mtro's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hannahc270's review against another edition

2.0

mysterious

ekastanis's review against another edition

3.0

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

conradc4's review against another edition

3.0

funny mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

burnoutbooks's review against another edition

4.5

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this was great and the ending was fun! i missed some deeper commentary on gentrification at the end, and it didn't speak to me quite as viscerally as motherthing, but i loved it nevertheless!

bonmak21's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Until you've read this, you simply won't get how it feels to have captured the fear of what it is to be a woman. This had me in tears, laughing and reflecting non stop on what our experience is like. But not in the way where it throws it in your face, in the way where you go, "yep, that's just it really". 
The characters are so humanely flawed and it was a joy to read, I loved the commentary on sex work and the normalisation of fear on every day life. This book had me raptured and I loved it. 

thunderhead's review against another edition

3.5

funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes