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A review by elizabethlk
She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton
2.0
After this received all the hype it did, I had pretty high hopes for what was to come, especially since I generally enjoy these types of books. I have to say, this was a bit of a let down.
The illustrations are very cute, and I don't think I have a single negative thing to say about that. The writing style itself is fine--it functions well, and I have no real comments on it for the most part. My main issue is with the tone. Perhaps it is simply from forcing the phrase "she persisted" into every story, but some of the stories honestly were just unfortunate to read. It opens on Harriet Tubman, a woman who was able to persist her way out of slavery, and later speaks of a woman who could have chosen to only be a US Representative and a US Senator but persisted so that she could be more than just that. Most of the stories were sweet, and a great introduction to the history of American women, but there were a couple (like the two I mentioned) that just rubbed me the wrong way.
I wanted to enjoy this, I really did. Parts of it were decent, and the illustrations were lovely. But that tone that was occasionally belittling, occasionally condescending towards those who did not achieve the same... it just left me with this gross feeling. There are other books of this type that I think are far better.
The illustrations are very cute, and I don't think I have a single negative thing to say about that. The writing style itself is fine--it functions well, and I have no real comments on it for the most part. My main issue is with the tone. Perhaps it is simply from forcing the phrase "she persisted" into every story, but some of the stories honestly were just unfortunate to read. It opens on Harriet Tubman, a woman who was able to persist her way out of slavery, and later speaks of a woman who could have chosen to only be a US Representative and a US Senator but persisted so that she could be more than just that. Most of the stories were sweet, and a great introduction to the history of American women, but there were a couple (like the two I mentioned) that just rubbed me the wrong way.
I wanted to enjoy this, I really did. Parts of it were decent, and the illustrations were lovely. But that tone that was occasionally belittling, occasionally condescending towards those who did not achieve the same... it just left me with this gross feeling. There are other books of this type that I think are far better.