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A review by jr2234
Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today by Rachel Vorona Cote
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.