rinissinning's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.5
woahitsfaye's review against another edition
challenging
dark
hopeful
informative
sad
slow-paced
3.75
n_nazir's review
3.0
It’s a bit like preaching to the choir, if you pick this book up, the likelihood is that you have some sense of the inequality that exists. There is nothing that really comes as a surprise, depressing as that may be. What I thought was lacking or an opportunity missed, was practical ways in which the reader could choose to overturn these imbalances. Given the authors career as the head of Liberty and a current Labour peer, I would have thought she would be well placed to suggest ideas. So a conclusion which just summarises the previous chapters and makes sweeping statements of how things should change without suggesting how, was disappointing.
jeremiglio's review against another edition
3.0
This book is great as an introduction to the ideas involved, but given that I've read a lot of the sources quoted I personally didn't get much from it.
I still recommend it to those earlier in their journey into women's issues, and as always Shami Chakrabarti is eloquent, well-informed and convincing.
I still recommend it to those earlier in their journey into women's issues, and as always Shami Chakrabarti is eloquent, well-informed and convincing.
coffeekitaab's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
4.0
josieburrows14's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
3.0
A significantly informative introduction to the many ways in which women all around the world find themselves under-represented, mistreated and marginalised. The writing was very dense and I wished that instead of being so factually centred, we could have focused more on some of the intimate and personal experiences shared.