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A review by briarsreviews
Cheaper by the Dozen by Ernestine Gilbreth Carey, Frank B. Gilbreth
reflective
slow-paced
2.0
I grew up loving the Cheaper by the Dozen movie. Steve Martin and Hilary Duff? It was a dream team for me in my youth. I found this book while out thrifting for books and figured that I needed to read the source content. Well, let me tell ya, this book is not based on some fun 1990s/2000s family - it was published in 1948 and based on the authors' childhood!
The story is amazing - twelve kids and how they all got along in the world - but boy... it wasn't the easiest read. It's an old biography and it was well written but it just... didn't work for me. I'm not sure what I was expecting, honestly. It just didn't work for me. The movie was definitely better in my eyes, but that's because it's a loose adaptation. The 1920s was a different time from now so it's very cringey.
Regardless, a very interesting read.
Two out of five stars.
The story is amazing - twelve kids and how they all got along in the world - but boy... it wasn't the easiest read. It's an old biography and it was well written but it just... didn't work for me. I'm not sure what I was expecting, honestly. It just didn't work for me. The movie was definitely better in my eyes, but that's because it's a loose adaptation. The 1920s was a different time from now so it's very cringey.
Regardless, a very interesting read.
Two out of five stars.