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

informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

 I want to start off by saying that I highlighted so many passages in this book and annotated more in this book than I have in any other books I've read this year. The concept of being a "too much" woman is something that resonates deeply with me and throughout the book I just continued to nod, uncap my highlighter, and mark this book up. I had minor disagreements with a couple of Cote's points, but nothing so intense that it affected the book's overall impact. For the most part, this kept me engaged, but it lost me sometimes when it talked about media- particularly classics that I am not familiar with. However, that's completely a me thing and has nothing to do with the content itself.

I really enjoyed how personal this book turned out to be. Cotes shares a lot of personal stories that many would shy away from, but she confronts them seemingly without trepidation. I liked the way she was able to weave her own experiences with the experiences of female characters from classic lit and contemporary media, while also providing well researched historical context.

Also, this book taught me that Lewis Carroll was a total creep.
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