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Уроки химии by Bonnie Garmus

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skylover's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

this is one of the most female empowering books i've ever read, fitting to read in the year of Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, and the Barbie movie. I laughed, cried, gasped, got goosebumps, and learned a lot from this book about the history of women's rights, and literal chemistry. One of my favorites I've read this year - i rooted for the female characters, i loved the different perspectives, and found this book relatable on so many levels. I'd befriend Elizabeth and Harriet in a instant if I could. I didn't mesh with the rushed ending, kinda felt like it left you hanging, and it did get slow at times when there seemed to be no hope or good people until pg 140 and then it turns around.

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emotional funny hopeful reflective sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

Liked this one a lot. Not much more I have to say about it other than I think it will translate well into a TV show.

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emotional funny inspiring reflective

4.0

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emotional inspiring medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

Six-Thirty is my favourite fictional character of the year

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ashdawn's review against another edition

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This one was a DNF for me. For something that is "Laugh-out-loud funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters....", I was not expecting the graphic rape scene in chapter 3.

Overall, the feeling of the book is pretentious. Elizabeth (and her daughter as well, who very much gives off Young Sheldon vibes, but is never in trouble at school for being outside the box) is shown almost as someone with no flaws, absolutely perfect and incapable of failing. For example, even though chemistry is her study, she overnight picks up rowing because of it being basic physics equations.
And let's not even get started on the pretentiousness with any conversation around cooking like this quote: “ 'Now I’m disrupting the egg’s internal bonds in order to elongate the amino acid chain,' she told him as she whisked, 'which will allow the freed atoms to bond with other similarly freed atoms. Then I’ll reconstitute the mix into a loose whole, laying it on a surface of iron-carbon alloy, where I’ll subject it to precision heat, continually agitating the mix until it reaches a stage of near coagulation.' ” Or when the biscuit dough is ruined because it's a few molecules of water off.....yes cooking is chemistry, but there is more margin for error.

Also, in general, Elizabeth seems so woke that she is an alien/time traveler in her time setting. While it is good to have a character breaking cultural/historical structure, there are much better ways to write it so it feels like they fit into their settings. While I don't know enough of British '50s-60s history to be sure, I know in the US to be shocked at a play in 1952 only having white actors would not have made ANY SENSE due to segregation still being in effect.

Really, the dog is the only character that was likeable.

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