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aabravanel32's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
elisa67120's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
kaylareads52's review against another edition
5.0
Beautiful, heartbreaking. Written with care. The characters felt real, their desires and thoughts real. One of my favorites.
pixcat's review against another edition
4.0
I loved this book...anthropologists, native sex rituals, love triangles, women disparaging their husbands. Once again I picked the book that's historical fiction based on the true life of a famous woman, but the names have been changed and the story lines are altered from true accounts. And once again I asked the question... How true was this RE-LLY? So frustrating! The book could have been longer, 250 pages is barely a novel. At times I forgot the first person was the third man, not the woman, who was the true main character. That perspective was highly original and super writing.
kattyatt14's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book - so evocative and descriptive of what it’s like to find one’s flow state doing a job you love. I thought the depictions of the characters were excellent and loved the telling of a story of how social anthropology developed as a social science. A great feminist heroine at the centre of it all and I was hooked. Devoured it in a day!
lionessramping's review against another edition
3.0
If you are interested in early anthropology, this is a great fiction spin-off. Raises the good questions about anthropology/life in general and just how objective we can ever really be. Characters were a little one-dimensional and the ending was...needlessly abrupt. If you want to create drama, do it in the book, not by flinging new things/emotions on the last few pages (no, nothing wrong with a dramatic ending, unless the rest of the book was all on one emotional level previously--then using an ending to create feeling seems a little...cheap.)
katywithawhy's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
toniatigre's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0