I'm about 100 pages into this novel, the latest choice of my bookclub. This book resembles a number of recent books that we've read together recently–Tobacco Wives by Adele Meyers, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Michele Richardson, The Rose Code by Kate Quinn, etc.–and is probably indicative of something that is becoming more and more true: women read, men don't.
So authors write stories appealing to women. Now this is not a criticism of any one book, but the storylines are all similar: a bright young woman fights and triumphs over discrimination in a male-dominated world. While this is a very appealing trope, and I like the wry humor of the book, I guess I've gotten tired of reading such similar storylines by now. I'm not eager to finish this book.
That’s a bummer that it’s too similar to some other books you’ve recently read. Your point about reading demographics is certainly accurate. I recently saw it summarized in a pithy meme that said:
“every woman I know is reading like she’s trying to earn a pizza party for her classroom, every guy I know owes $5,000 to Draft Kings”
I loved this book, especially Six-Thirty!
Yes! The secretly smart dog was a really nice touch 😊
Book was fun but the sexism was so watered down. I experienced much worse in vet school in the 70s.
Very sorry to hear that :(
I'm about 100 pages into this novel, the latest choice of my bookclub. This book resembles a number of recent books that we've read together recently–Tobacco Wives by Adele Meyers, The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Michele Richardson, The Rose Code by Kate Quinn, etc.–and is probably indicative of something that is becoming more and more true: women read, men don't.
So authors write stories appealing to women. Now this is not a criticism of any one book, but the storylines are all similar: a bright young woman fights and triumphs over discrimination in a male-dominated world. While this is a very appealing trope, and I like the wry humor of the book, I guess I've gotten tired of reading such similar storylines by now. I'm not eager to finish this book.
That’s a bummer that it’s too similar to some other books you’ve recently read. Your point about reading demographics is certainly accurate. I recently saw it summarized in a pithy meme that said:
“every woman I know is reading like she’s trying to earn a pizza party for her classroom, every guy I know owes $5,000 to Draft Kings”
Seems too close to real academic politics. I've lived it; don't care to read about more of it.
Not totally wrong, sadly