A review by late_nite_reads
Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

This book is defiantly a character based/ motivated novel. Elizabeth Zott represents a generation of women who lived during a time of horrendous and legal sex-based discrimination. Now, I know  that during this time ( the 1950/60s) feminism, later known as second wave feminism will be critiqued for only centering white cis, straight middle class- upper middle class women but I think that’s the point of this novel. To discuss the many women who get erased in the narrative of second wave feminism. Unfortunately, I think the nuisance of gender,sex, class, and race and religion would have actually taken this novel up a notch if it had included these intersections. Not bad, but not a must read.