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La brillante destinée d'Elizabeth Zott by Bonnie Garmus

2630 reviews

torismazarine's review against another edition

4.25

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective sad 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: Yes

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brookes_bookshelves's review against another edition

4.25

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

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velvetssamu's review against another edition

4.5

emotional hopeful inspiring medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

absolutely stunning book, recommending to everyone I know

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mels_reading_log's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful 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

This book was so good!!! I love the way the author wrote Elizabeth and how strong she was. I also love the communication between her, Mad and Six-thirty, they are a great family who look out for each other and just get each other. Six-thirty is one of the best characters I think I have ever read, I’m obsessed with him and his fears that he overcomes to protect his family.

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funcabbage's review against another edition

3.75

emotional funny medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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eviereadsallthetime's review against another edition

5.0

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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noor_sidhu's review against another edition

5.0

challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring fast-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: No

This was one of the best books I've read this year, and it was one of the most profound novels on the women's movement I have read, though I am not well versed in feminist history (😅). This did such a good job at describing the struggle that women went through in their professional lives and how that intersected with their personal lives. This is still so prevalent today, and as sad as it is, I feel like this story conveyed the struggle and strife so well. Also this book is bomb with classical string music, and screw men forever 💕

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jhbandcats's review against another edition

5.0

dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-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: Yes

Absolutely charming while also being absolutely wrenching. I was infuriated most of the time I was reading.

The main character, Elizabeth, is charismatic and driven, aware of her worth as a chemist but forced on a daily - if not hourly - basis to deal with sexist insults, sexual assaults, and belittling. She’s repeatedly thwarted in her attempts to move ahead in her profession, her research is stolen, and she’s discredited at college and at work.

This book is funny and inspiring but so, so sad; there’s a pall of grief and loss over everything. It’s about two outcasts who find one another, and then the struggle when one is left alone with only a dog for a friend. Nothing is ever easy for Elizabeth, not even when things seem to be going well.

Overall, I loved the book and definitely recommend it. I must be in a melancholy mood myself for it to have struck me so hard.

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texashippie's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 14%

I wanted to see what all the fuss was about and why so many people liked it so much, but from what I read I don’t understand. It seems very unrealistic, the MC seems to have the mindset of a woman from 2023 but is in the 1950s. It’s possible to be a forward-thinking working woman in that time period, but the character just seems so unrealistic. There seems to be no nuance, everything is black and white, all or nothing. Life just isn’t that way, and you can shed a light on misogyny and oppression but with a realistic and nuanced view. I thought maybe the character gets better or develops throughout the book, but with how the book was going I didn’t really care to find out. Also, with how the book was marketed I thought the book was going to be more light-hearted, but very early in the book there is a detailed description of sexual assault and a suicide.

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debinox's review against another edition

3.0

emotional informative inspiring mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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