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388 reviews for:

Normal Women

Ainslie Hogarth

3.16 AVERAGE

dark 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
dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character

underwhelming :( loved motherthing but this i am afraid is a flop

jadecatryn's review

4.0
funny mysterious reflective medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark mysterious slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
funny lighthearted fast-paced

I enjoyed this.  I have to say the cover is good, but it doesn't fit the story and tries too hard to fit into the unsettling women genre which this book isn't.  But it is very fun to read and a treatise on motherhood and feminity and the female body.  It was also SO NICE to read a book that discusses those things but the woman is still so happy she had a baby, so in love with the baby. Cos sometimes the "where's the girl with the list" of it all does get exhausting like I do really want to have Tristan's giant hairy babies and I'm sick of being told it will be miserable.  I was on edge the whole time reading this because there was something of 'the other black girl' about it and that was awful and I was worried it was going to go the same way but it didn't so that was a relief. 
mysterious medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

uhmmmm the ending really ruined this for me SUCH a nothing burger ending. like genuinely pointless made no sense fairytale happily ever after for no reason which was so underwhelming after motherthing. i really really liked this book once it picked up (took a while…) but idk dani was so all over the place and yet it all amounted to nothing at all. but i will give pages about 200-270 their credit i was really enjoying! just…. the ending…. no….
adventurous dark emotional funny mysterious reflective tense 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