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A review by jillybeanstalk
The Aviator's Wife by Melanie Benjamin
2.0
Where do I begin with this book? I have to admit, I'm reading it from the perspective of a 2018 Feminist, and I know a lot has changed in the last 100 years of women's history. I also admit that I knew nothing about the Lindberghs going into this, and didn't even realize it was based on a true story. If they were heroes, I can see that... but this book did nothing for me to want to believe that or even love them.
This was written from Anne's perspective, but she didn't do anything for herself... only things to appease her husband, and this book did nothing for me to even like her as a person. I couldn't even gather why she fell in love with Charles and wanted to marry him (or even if she loved him at all). This is actually addressed a few times in the book, but we never get clarity.
Also the nauseating privileges of their life that permeated throughout the book just made me roll my eyes. A perfect example of white privilege at its best even when the Lindbergh's are accused of being Nazi sympathizers, and Charles is clearly anti-Semitic. I wonder how they would have reacted if they encounter a person of color.
Even though I read the entire thing, I would tell someone to skip this book if a friend was asking me about it. At the surface it seems an interesting tale, but looking at the lives of the Lindbergh's through 21st century eyes, it's hard to sympathize or relate to them.
This was written from Anne's perspective, but she didn't do anything for herself... only things to appease her husband, and this book did nothing for me to even like her as a person. I couldn't even gather why she fell in love with Charles and wanted to marry him (or even if she loved him at all). This is actually addressed a few times in the book, but we never get clarity.
Also the nauseating privileges of their life that permeated throughout the book just made me roll my eyes. A perfect example of white privilege at its best even when the Lindbergh's are accused of being Nazi sympathizers, and Charles is clearly anti-Semitic. I wonder how they would have reacted if they encounter a person of color.
Even though I read the entire thing, I would tell someone to skip this book if a friend was asking me about it. At the surface it seems an interesting tale, but looking at the lives of the Lindbergh's through 21st century eyes, it's hard to sympathize or relate to them.