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A review by tegmo
Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier
4.0
I was originally drawn to this book because I've studied paleontology which I both love and loath and there are not that many novels about women in early science.
I really enjoyed reading this story, which was made all the better when I found out that it is based on real people, Mary Anning is amazing. I loved the descriptions of life during the period and the somewhat precarious position of women, even of those from well to do backgrounds such as the Philpots, during the period. It's amazing to think that Mary did what she did and received the recognition she did with the disadvantages that being a woman and from the working class were at that time.
A few days after I finished this novel I actually visited the Museum of Natural History in Berlin and actually saw an ichthyosaur fossil that had come from Lyme Regis, it was incredibly exciting moment for me.
I really enjoyed reading this story, which was made all the better when I found out that it is based on real people, Mary Anning is amazing. I loved the descriptions of life during the period and the somewhat precarious position of women, even of those from well to do backgrounds such as the Philpots, during the period. It's amazing to think that Mary did what she did and received the recognition she did with the disadvantages that being a woman and from the working class were at that time.
A few days after I finished this novel I actually visited the Museum of Natural History in Berlin and actually saw an ichthyosaur fossil that had come from Lyme Regis, it was incredibly exciting moment for me.