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rachel_kw 's review for:
Gentleman Jack: The Real Anne Lister
by Anne Choma
Reading this book made me want to rewatch the show again cause the show is just so top-tier. The book is good but I liked watching the tv show better. This book did make me want to travel to Shibden Hall one day to see it and to see Anne's lasting legacy there.
This book is definitely more in detail about Anne's life before the events of the show.
I know this book is a biography so they wouldn't have mentioned it but I really want to know how Anne's journals were cracked.
I can't believe how accepting Anne's family, especially how accepting her aunt was of Anne's lesbianism.
I also can't believe that certain parts of the show actually happened. Like, Anne getting attacked on the way home from Ann Walker's one night or the whole Reverend Ainsworth/Ann Walker deal. I couldn't tell if Ann's and Ainsworth's relationship was consensual or not, all I know is it certainly didn't play out like it did in the show.
I thought some of Ann's euphemisms were funny like "going to Italy" or grubbling. Sidenote, the word "grubbling" sounds so gross.
Maybe I just missed the resolution to this but the book kinda dropped the whole Rawsons vs Anne coal subplot once it got close to the end.
I liked that Anne and Marian were able to resolve their differences hopefully that will happen in the show.
Ann and Anne's final engagement/confrontation wasn't as dramatic as it was in the show so that was a bit disappointing since so many other events in the show were true.
This book is definitely more in detail about Anne's life before the events of the show.
I know this book is a biography so they wouldn't have mentioned it but I really want to know how Anne's journals were cracked.
I can't believe how accepting Anne's family, especially how accepting her aunt was of Anne's lesbianism.
I also can't believe that certain parts of the show actually happened. Like, Anne getting attacked on the way home from Ann Walker's one night or the whole Reverend Ainsworth/Ann Walker deal. I couldn't tell if Ann's and Ainsworth's relationship was consensual or not, all I know is it certainly didn't play out like it did in the show.
I thought some of Ann's euphemisms were funny like "going to Italy" or grubbling. Sidenote, the word "grubbling" sounds so gross.
Maybe I just missed the resolution to this but the book kinda dropped the whole Rawsons vs Anne coal subplot once it got close to the end.
I liked that Anne and Marian were able to resolve their differences hopefully that will happen in the show.
Ann and Anne's final engagement/confrontation wasn't as dramatic as it was in the show so that was a bit disappointing since so many other events in the show were true.