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A review by jojosbookshelf
Ann Veronica by H.G. Wells
2.0
Or somewhere inbetween 2 and 3 stars...
Blindly went into this expecting a thrilling H.G. Wells Sci-fi (bearing in mind I've never actually read anything from him before so what really are these expectations based on?) and was given a half-entertaining proto feminist novel. And somehow the New Woman feminist movement is made to be more of a plot device than a profound, self-realizing cause. So there's that.
Oo I like that it was narrated by Bill Nighy on BBC Sounds. But that's less to do with the book and more to do with Bill Nighy
Blindly went into this expecting a thrilling H.G. Wells Sci-fi (bearing in mind I've never actually read anything from him before so what really are these expectations based on?) and was given a half-entertaining proto feminist novel. And somehow the New Woman feminist movement is made to be more of a plot device than a profound, self-realizing cause. So there's that.
Oo I like that it was narrated by Bill Nighy on BBC Sounds. But that's less to do with the book and more to do with Bill Nighy