flaming_turtle's review
3.0
This book was interesting. There were quite a few aspects of 19th century life that I didn't know about prior to reading this book, and it was cool to see how they manifested in a practical sense. I also found it quite reassuring to know that lesbians and other sapphic people have been around for centuries, and I enjoyed seeing what gay culture was like back then. Anne is quite a player, so drama in this book was endless. Still, I tend to prefer a more immersive experience in story telling, and the journal entry format of this book was difficult to get into. It does preserve the factual accuracy of the book, but I suppose it just wasn't for me.
caidyn's review
emotional
informative
medium-paced
4.0
I loved this second volume of Anne Lister's selected diaries. Yet again, it shows her complex relationships with society, women, her sexuality, and religion. I wish it hadn't been as heavy on the commentary by the editor and showed the point with diary excerpts instead of Whitbread's comments. It was still a fine volume and I really hope that a third will come out that documents Anne's courtship of Ann Walker and the last years of her life.
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