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Women Don't Owe You Pretty by Florence Given
informative
reflective
medium-paced
1.0
I really struggled to finish this book and at one point nearly stopped.
This book to me, came across as an angry 21 year old having a rant about life.
When I got to the acknowledgements I also realised that this book was a rehash of things she had read elsewhere.
This book may be useful for someone in their late teens however, I found some of the topics talked about seemed quite outdated with very little in the way of evidence to back this up other than Givens own opinion. From the very little evidence that was given, some was from 12 years ago which to me seems more than likely to be inadequate in backing up theory.
I think if Given had written this a few more years down the line with a lot more life experience this could have been a really good book to help young women starting out in the world, but this book just seems to have a lot of anger pinned on stereotypes whilst highlighting just how privileged she thinks she is.
This book to me, came across as an angry 21 year old having a rant about life.
When I got to the acknowledgements I also realised that this book was a rehash of things she had read elsewhere.
This book may be useful for someone in their late teens however, I found some of the topics talked about seemed quite outdated with very little in the way of evidence to back this up other than Givens own opinion. From the very little evidence that was given, some was from 12 years ago which to me seems more than likely to be inadequate in backing up theory.
I think if Given had written this a few more years down the line with a lot more life experience this could have been a really good book to help young women starting out in the world, but this book just seems to have a lot of anger pinned on stereotypes whilst highlighting just how privileged she thinks she is.