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A review by flowerwineandbooks
A Short History of Women by Kate Walbert
3.0
Very entertaining going through the lives of all these related women, though the writing style made it a bit clunky for me to read. I also wish there had been more depth in more of the characters, rather than just Dorothy and Charles.
The overarching theme of the "women question" through time was refreshing yet depressing to read about, especially with the first Dorothy and Evelyn; in fact, I think it would have done better to just focus on these two women (a sequel could have adequately tackled the other Dorothy's perhaps?).
If only Evelyn's relationship with Stephen Pope in their later years could have been more present rather than just alluded to, I would have felt that making her character stronger.
I did really enjoy how the book looped back around to Evelyn's character, and how the ending offered a weird mix of open-ended closure with here, and even with Caroline and her mother a bit.
The overarching theme of the "women question" through time was refreshing yet depressing to read about, especially with the first Dorothy and Evelyn; in fact, I think it would have done better to just focus on these two women (a sequel could have adequately tackled the other Dorothy's perhaps?).
If only Evelyn's relationship with Stephen Pope in their later years could have been more present rather than just alluded to, I would have felt that making her character stronger.
I did really enjoy how the book looped back around to Evelyn's character, and how the ending offered a weird mix of open-ended closure with here, and even with Caroline and her mother a bit.