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claireshal's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
4.25
thehawk72's review against another edition
1.0
DNF @ pg 264.
Y’all I tried SO HARD with this book. I ultimately found it to be incredibly all over the place and lacking definitive connections to Victorian history as the title states. It was full of personal anecdotes that I did not really identify with even though I do share some demographics with the author. It reads more like a masters thesis or honors thesis in my opinion than a full-fledged book, which was not entirely appealing to me.
Y’all I tried SO HARD with this book. I ultimately found it to be incredibly all over the place and lacking definitive connections to Victorian history as the title states. It was full of personal anecdotes that I did not really identify with even though I do share some demographics with the author. It reads more like a masters thesis or honors thesis in my opinion than a full-fledged book, which was not entirely appealing to me.
van_worldexplorer's review against another edition
3.0
Nothing against this book, it wasn’t anything new for me. I think if you’re just starting down this feminism / deconstruction journey, this is a great book for you! I just already knew all of this unfortunately. Nothing against the author, the writing style is amazing and the personal stories were great. I just was expecting more and that’s on me.
kmthomas06's review against another edition
3.0
Like many books along these lines, I liked some chapters in this better than others. I especially preferred when the chapters leaned a bit harder into the literary analysis than the pop culture or memoir aspects. I think that is the English major in me and more what I expected from the book's blurb. Vorona Cote is unfailingly honest and puts herself and her story out there and tries to bring some understanding to that from the Victorians. Again, I think that worked better for some chapters than others.
donnabrenton88's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.0
I read this book alongside reflecting upon my own too muchness. I enjoyed the parallels within the book and within my own reflections of myself. The authors writing style and her story is beautiful.
gzaborski's review
challenging
informative
slow-paced
2.0
I wish this book was clearer in whether it’s a memoir and reflection on the author’s life OR an exploration into the history on the restrictions of women’s emotion in the victorian era. Unfortunately, it didn’t commit to either and tried to do a combination of styles that, in the end, left me really dissatisfied. I feel like I didn’t learn as much as I had hoped, but also was unable to tie my life to the author’s in any way, an aspect that makes memoirs so meaningful.
jr2234's review against another edition
2.0
Not what I expected from the title. Rather than being an academic deep dive on the ways the Victorian era impacts the modern age, this book felt like a three in one: part memoir, part Victorian references, and part modern pop culture analysis.
I enjoyed the memoir parts of the novel, despite how graphic some passages were. I would have enjoyed the book more if it were exclusively memoir.
Unfortunately, the thesis was muddled and generalizations were made without merit. For example, we can’t extrapolate how all women act (across time, race, country of origin, etc) based on a single Billy Eilish song.
I enjoyed the memoir parts of the novel, despite how graphic some passages were. I would have enjoyed the book more if it were exclusively memoir.
Unfortunately, the thesis was muddled and generalizations were made without merit. For example, we can’t extrapolate how all women act (across time, race, country of origin, etc) based on a single Billy Eilish song.