A review by halle_elizabeth
Who Cooked the Last Supper?: The Women's History of the World by Rosalind Miles

2.25

2.25/5 Stars 

I was SO EXCITED about this book when I saw it on TikTok. I watched such great review videos, read amazing reviews on Goodreads, & picked it for Women’s History Month. I thought this was going to be a collection of stories about women in history, examples: a chapter on midwives like Martha Ballard, authors like Jane Austen, etc, etc. I thought it was going to be a book full of stories. 

This book was soooo repetitive & ANGRY in tone. There were stories here & there I found very interesting & did learn a lot. However, I feel like most of the book was “hate men because of ___” or “men did us wrong by ___”. This book was feminist but also was mostly tearing apart men & I don’t like that. I think there is a way to learn about our injustices as women that isn’t so slanderous of men. This book made me angry to read because of how poorly woman have been treated throughout history. I also got frustrated on multiple occasions because of how repetitive the book was. 

This book just wasn’t what I thought it was going to be at all & I don’t know if that’s because of reviews I saw or what. 

Overall I feel like there is definitely better books to learn about the forgotten history of women & I hope to find a great one. I would not recommend this book.