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adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
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:
No
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Rape, Suicide, Sexual harassment
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A truly inspiring tale of the struggles women face each and everyday.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Domestic abuse, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death, Misogyny, Sexism
Minor: Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Forced institutionalization
funny
informative
inspiring
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:
No
Content Warnings
Minor: Rape, Vomit, Sexual harassment
emotional
inspiring
It's a nice book with an important message and interesting premise. However, the characters feel a bit one-dimensional (apart from the dog of course), sometimes the scientific moments feel a bit forced and unnatural, and the ending is too convenient and unexpectedly sweet for such a book in my opinion. However, I do appreciate the foreshadowing and all the clues the author left througout the book regarding the ending. Based on the hype, I expected to be blown away by this book but sadly that didn't happen.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexual assault
Moderate: Suicide
emotional
funny
inspiring
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Rape, Sexism, Death of parent
Moderate: Suicide
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I loved this book and loved the character Elizabeth Zott. This is a great representation of what women during that time frame and continue to struggle with in the world (certainty not to the same extent). There are great characters who steal your heart and you can't help but root for as they struggle through the ups and downs of life. I ADORED the chapters/insights from 6:30's perspective ❤️
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Misogyny, Sexism
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Grief, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment
Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Suicidal thoughts, Toxic relationship, Blood, Religious bigotry, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Gaslighting
This book is very readable. I admit that I read straight through it because I wanted to see what happens. And there are funny bits as well, particularly the running gag that the dog calls Madeline The Creature . I was almost willing to give this 3 stars, until she said the can of soup was "full of chemicals."
Two major problems with this book. First, it's got a major case of "I'm not like other girls" syndrome. We are supposed to root for this person who scoffs at every other woman and think that she's better because she has no female friends. It's bonkers. Yes, she obtains female friends later in the book, but only after she's lost her chemistry career. It's an incredibly reductive view of what scientists are like.
Which leads into the second problem: this is not how chemists talk. They don't walk around calling things by their chemical formulas. For fuck's sake, IUPAC found dead. It's wildly impractical, a real mouthful and difficult to keep track of. It obscures critical information about how those atoms are arranged together or how the molecule will behave. But what really grinds my gears is when she says the soup is "full of chemicals." LITERALLY EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD IS FULL OF CHEMICALS. A chemist, of all people, would know that. Particularly a chemist who is pedantic as hell would not dismiss a can of soup because "it's full of chemicals."
Also one section weirdly feels like copaganda? Why is there so much time devoted to "this town defunded the police and it caused a horrible tragedy." Yikes.
Two major problems with this book. First, it's got a major case of "I'm not like other girls" syndrome. We are supposed to root for this person who scoffs at every other woman and think that she's better because she has no female friends. It's bonkers. Yes, she obtains female friends later in the book, but only after she's lost her chemistry career. It's an incredibly reductive view of what scientists are like.
Which leads into the second problem: this is not how chemists talk. They don't walk around calling things by their chemical formulas. For fuck's sake, IUPAC found dead. It's wildly impractical, a real mouthful and difficult to keep track of. It obscures critical information about how those atoms are arranged together or how the molecule will behave. But what really grinds my gears is when she says the soup is "full of chemicals." LITERALLY EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD IS FULL OF CHEMICALS. A chemist, of all people, would know that. Particularly a chemist who is pedantic as hell would not dismiss a can of soup because "it's full of chemicals."
Also one section weirdly feels like copaganda? Why is there so much time devoted to "this town defunded the police and it caused a horrible tragedy." Yikes.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment
Moderate: Suicide
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
I LOVED HERRRRR ugh it hit all the right places with empowering women and heartaches
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body shaming, Sexism, Gaslighting
Minor: Body shaming, Death, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Suicide, Death of parent
wish i had a warning ahead of time (thanks tiktok) for these triggers the minor tags are brought up pretty often but there’s only one “detailed” rape scene
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment