A review by zoe38
Finding Margaret Fuller by Allison Pataki
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
5.0
OMGG, I FREAKING LOVED THIS BOOK, I was sobbing my eyes out by the time I finished reading it, I was expecting the ending but I wasn't expecting it to hurt so much, It was like someone took a knife to my soul, multiple times, slowly slicing away, my heart was shattered, like nothing could've prepared me for how much pain it brought.
Usually, I'm not a huge fan of non-fiction/biographies, but when I saw this on NetGalley and saw so many famous names in the blurb, I was instantly intrigued, because who was Margaret Fuller? and how was she an acquaintance or a friend to so many of these famous names? So I did what any sane person would do and requested the book, and I GOT ACCEPTED, I'm freaking honored by that.
Anyhow, I got started reading the book, and IT WAS FROM MARGARET'S POV, it was kinda shocking but I LOVED THAT, at first, I thought that I wouldn't be able to finish or find it boring and DNF, but that wasn't the case, personally at the first few chapters I thought it was at a really slow pace, but now I understand that it was because I was reading from her POV at the most important points of her life.
This is a book about a woman in the 19th century, who's America's most well-read person and a TOTAL BADASS, she's a freaking ICON, and I can't believe she lived 200 years ago, that seems so far away and it is and this WOMAN accomplished things, that we as modern women most of the time don't get to accomplish, I find that crazy.
To end all of this, PLEASE READ THIS BOOK, I BEG OF YOU, and thank you to Allison Pataki, Random House Publishing, and NetGalley for the ARC.
Usually, I'm not a huge fan of non-fiction/biographies, but when I saw this on NetGalley and saw so many famous names in the blurb, I was instantly intrigued, because who was Margaret Fuller? and how was she an acquaintance or a friend to so many of these famous names? So I did what any sane person would do and requested the book, and I GOT ACCEPTED, I'm freaking honored by that.
Anyhow, I got started reading the book, and IT WAS FROM MARGARET'S POV, it was kinda shocking but I LOVED THAT, at first, I thought that I wouldn't be able to finish or find it boring and DNF, but that wasn't the case, personally at the first few chapters I thought it was at a really slow pace, but now I understand that it was because I was reading from her POV at the most important points of her life.
This is a book about a woman in the 19th century, who's America's most well-read person and a TOTAL BADASS, she's a freaking ICON, and I can't believe she lived 200 years ago, that seems so far away and it is and this WOMAN accomplished things, that we as modern women most of the time don't get to accomplish, I find that crazy.
To end all of this, PLEASE READ THIS BOOK, I BEG OF YOU, and thank you to Allison Pataki, Random House Publishing, and NetGalley for the ARC.