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A review by annab802
Who Cooked the Last Supper?: The Women's History of the World by Rosalind Miles
1.0
I was very disappointed by this book. I'm not a historian, but I found multiple inaccuracies throughout the book just by looking for more information when something sparked my curiosity.
There's also some poorly handled issues around race, including language that wouldn't be acceptable now and use of probably racist sources without acknowledging their bias.
Overall the structure of the book was lacking to me as well, we jump around in time and theme and I found it hard to understand concurrences or like the overall timeline. And then the end of the book rushes through the last chapter and just ends, with no conclusion to wrap it up.
The topic of the book is obviously of great interest and there are some thought provoking moments, but I'm rating this harshly because I don't think it should be as widely recommended as it is.
There's also some poorly handled issues around race, including language that wouldn't be acceptable now and use of probably racist sources without acknowledging their bias.
Overall the structure of the book was lacking to me as well, we jump around in time and theme and I found it hard to understand concurrences or like the overall timeline. And then the end of the book rushes through the last chapter and just ends, with no conclusion to wrap it up.
The topic of the book is obviously of great interest and there are some thought provoking moments, but I'm rating this harshly because I don't think it should be as widely recommended as it is.