krittabug 's review for:

The Book Club for Troublesome Women by Marie Bostwick

3.0

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I wanted more from this one — more depth, maybe? It’s a sweet story of the friendship between four women in the early 60s who form a book club and bond over their shared anger and frustration of the times and the inequality they face as women. And maybe that was it — I am maybe burned out on the theme of women’s hardships. It felt a little too sugary sweet and buttoned up throughout and by the end, and I think I would have felt more connected had it gone beyond the stereotypical themes of women as housewives with their overworked, patriarchal husbands. Either way, a pleasant listen.