This book followed on the heels of my first five star read of the year and continued the trend of hard-hitting insightful nonfiction. Tubbs examines a wide range of topics showing how patriarchy has influenced every single one of them, some of them in ways one would not expect at first. It’s an infuriating but needed narrative. I strongly recommend.
I always appreciate reading memoirs although some end up not really working for my preferences – one of the reasons I choose to not rate any memoirs. I could tell just how passionate Miele is about bringing access to just about everything for the blind. Unfortunately, at times this passion felt disconnected from the author’s life because of the casual way he will throw in incredibly off
the wall statements simply moving on along with a lack of introspection on more personal aspects of his life.
As an American and not an Australian, I did not have much familiarity with many of the Australian-centric myths although some of them overlap with other countries. That lack of familiarity did not hinder my enjoyment of Dapin’s exploration of how these myths developed starting with the kernel of truth and moving on to the other contributions. The book did not dive deep but did lay a solid foundation for further research.
Comen writes a well-researched, infuriating examination of the different ways that women’s health has continued to get screwed over in the history of the current and historical medical system. I have read several books on this topic and have become just as infuriated every single time.
I need to read the first book in a series before requesting the second book like with this one. While I found the first book a decent read, I did not enjoy it enough to actively pursue continuing the series. However, I had already requested the arc of this sequel. Thankfully, I enjoyed the sequel more than the first installment. However, some of the same problems that affected my experience of the first persisted in the sequel, mainly the lack of distinction between the main characters.
While I liked how the magic manifested in this story, it did not do enough for me to overcome the aforementioned issue and continue in the series.
I knew going into this read that it likely would not be my favorite but that I also would learn a little from it which ended up being exactly the case. It’s interesting to learn about this in the current political climate (I wish I did not have to keep saying that) while at the same time teaching a unit on Animal Farm. Unfortunately, Dikkers chose to hybridize the book into a mix of memoir and history of this satire publication and mix did not work nearly as well as he must have thought it did.
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