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The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney
4 reviews
megan_danyelle's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
tense
slow-paced
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Death, Incest, and Sexual content
Moderate: Misogyny, Pedophilia, and War
Minor: Child death, Miscarriage, and Pregnancy
balfies's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
medium-paced
4.25
I!!!!! Love!!!!! Hatshepsut!!!!!
This was fucking fascinating. The only female leader of antiquity who ruled peacefully for a long period of time.
Hatshepsut used and transformed longheld religious symbols, adopted and adapted the masculinised pharaonic ideal, and built a reputation so fucking impactful that they couldn't chisel her reign from the walls even though they tried. Hatshepsut......I love you
This was fucking fascinating. The only female leader of antiquity who ruled peacefully for a long period of time.
Hatshepsut used and transformed longheld religious symbols, adopted and adapted the masculinised pharaonic ideal, and built a reputation so fucking impactful that they couldn't chisel her reign from the walls even though they tried. Hatshepsut......I love you
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gore, Blood, Medical content, and War
tayahmarie's review
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
Similar to a lot of kids, I was obsessed with learning about Ancient Egypt – how they ruled, the riches and luxuries, their practices and teachings, as well as their beliefs and how religion dominated chiefly every aspect of their day-to-day lives. Cooney takes us on a journey trying to put a face and an actual recount of life to the name King Hatshepsut, the 6th Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty and one of the few women and by far the most successful to ever rule Egypt.
I knew this book would be right up my alley! I will consume any and all content that focuses on a powerful woman who was and is running sh*t. From what Cooney was able to piece together, Hatshepsut was a highly intelligent, ambitious, and calculated ruler who seemed to keep the Gods and her country’s best interest at heart. I appreciate Cooney for posing thought-provoking/insightful questions as to how Hatshepsut could’ve felt and what she was thinking as she was trying to navigate kingship as a woman.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Incest, Miscarriage, and War
samara's review against another edition
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child death, Chronic illness, Death, Gore, Incest, Infertility, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and War
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Drug use, Slavery, Violence, Medical content, Kidnapping, and Alcohol