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A review by tophat8855
All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister
2.0
So I forced myself to finish at least 1/3 of it and then skimmed ahead to read what I wanted. Didn't read it all.
Most of it I've heard before. I'm not sure I figured out what Traister's thesis is: is it to demonstrate the importance of respecting single women as a demographic of power? Is it to validate the reader (presumed to be single, perhaps?) in a sea of married people? I felt convinced of both of those already. Maybe I wasn't the intended audience? I just couldn't get into it. The statistics, while interesting, I feel like I've already heard. The history, I mostly know. Maybe it needed more stories. I've read books like this before, so maybe I'm bored of the style/genre?
Most of it I've heard before. I'm not sure I figured out what Traister's thesis is: is it to demonstrate the importance of respecting single women as a demographic of power? Is it to validate the reader (presumed to be single, perhaps?) in a sea of married people? I felt convinced of both of those already. Maybe I wasn't the intended audience? I just couldn't get into it. The statistics, while interesting, I feel like I've already heard. The history, I mostly know. Maybe it needed more stories. I've read books like this before, so maybe I'm bored of the style/genre?