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A review by lbarsk
Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler
4.0
SO GOOD! I literally read this in like two hours. Anne Tyler's prose is excellent, and her way of crafting characters so that you understand EXACTLY who they are without actually belaboring the point is AMAZING. I've never been 100% comfortable with Taming of the Shrew because of its "is it feminist or is it not feminist" situation, but this was a really solid retelling.
Also, there were times throughout the book when I was like DANG, I AM THE VINEGAR GIRL, so that was a little brutally accurate but much appreciated. The ONLY thing that made me really raise my eyebrows was Kate's speech at the end about how women are actually "more free" than men because we're allowed to express our emotions (lol... what about... all... the systemic oppression women face... that sounds fake but okay), HOWEVER I know that was included because this was an actual Retelling Of The Shakespeare so I'll let it slide.
Finally, I'm only SOMETIMES one for an epilogue (we all know to which book series I'm referring) but this epilogue was ADORABLE AND PERFECT.
Also, there were times throughout the book when I was like DANG, I AM THE VINEGAR GIRL, so that was a little brutally accurate but much appreciated. The ONLY thing that made me really raise my eyebrows was Kate's speech at the end about how women are actually "more free" than men because we're allowed to express our emotions (lol... what about... all... the systemic oppression women face... that sounds fake but okay), HOWEVER I know that was included because this was an actual Retelling Of The Shakespeare so I'll let it slide.
Finally, I'm only SOMETIMES one for an epilogue (we all know to which book series I'm referring) but this epilogue was ADORABLE AND PERFECT.