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ladynigelia 's review for:
The Secret History of Wonder Woman
by Jill Lepore
Jill Lepore is an incredible researcher. She has pulled together information from a huge list of public archives, as well as many private collections that haven't been previously published.
This book reads only slightly more engagingly than a research paper.
New people are introduced with no immediate explanation of why we are learning about who they are. I think I would have preferred an introduction and then work backwards to how they got there, rather than starting at the beginning with each new relevant person.
We are presented with a different perspective on the feminist movement's extensive history, since that is the real context of the creation Wonder Woman. I think in order to keep her focus narrow on the creation, many of the later years of Wonder Woman publications are summarized in just a few paragraphs.
The audiobook is read capably, but without flair. She sometimes tries to do voices, but I mostly rolled my eyes at them. However, I recommend against the audiobook because there are SO MANY pictures and comics and things to look at that just aren't conveyed in the audio.
I was dismayed at first at how long my kindle predicted it would take me to read the book, but when I realized that fully half of the pages are notes and citations, I was energized and able to finish the book in only a few days.
I recommend this for people who like reading non-fiction history books. It's certainly not a perspective found in most histories!
This book reads only slightly more engagingly than a research paper.
New people are introduced with no immediate explanation of why we are learning about who they are. I think I would have preferred an introduction and then work backwards to how they got there, rather than starting at the beginning with each new relevant person.
We are presented with a different perspective on the feminist movement's extensive history, since that is the real context of the creation Wonder Woman. I think in order to keep her focus narrow on the creation, many of the later years of Wonder Woman publications are summarized in just a few paragraphs.
The audiobook is read capably, but without flair. She sometimes tries to do voices, but I mostly rolled my eyes at them. However, I recommend against the audiobook because there are SO MANY pictures and comics and things to look at that just aren't conveyed in the audio.
I was dismayed at first at how long my kindle predicted it would take me to read the book, but when I realized that fully half of the pages are notes and citations, I was energized and able to finish the book in only a few days.
I recommend this for people who like reading non-fiction history books. It's certainly not a perspective found in most histories!