A review by mariakureads
Angel Island by Inez Haynes Irwin

2.0

This book... it's been days after and I'm still filled with emotion as this book as been labeled a feminist, early feminist work of the early part of this century, and I fail to see how one moment in the entire book makes this so. I fail to understand how people can talk about this in a positive light. I fail to understand how people were not angry at this set of characters; not a single one can be considered good or bad, or even somewhat relatable.

I believe I'm more angry at what I read than the fictional women who this was dealt to so some merit will be given to Gillmore for that fact that this kind of reaction happened. A book that can provoke this much emotion must be merited to some extent but this has put me off from wanting to read any more from the author.

I give this 2 stars - one for the book and another for the provocation.

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