There is absolutely nothing wrong with this book, but I am just not in the right state of mind to be calm and mindful. To look at that and to learn frThere is absolutely nothing wrong with this book, but I am just not in the right state of mind to be calm and mindful. To look at that and to learn from it. Maybe one day, I will try again. ...more
So the reason why I did not finish this is not that it was not bad but I had no connection with it. I did not know many of the books, authors or televSo the reason why I did not finish this is not that it was not bad but I had no connection with it. I did not know many of the books, authors or television series that was talked about, which made it a lot more difficult to understand. Yes, at some points Gay talked about the series and explained what particularly was the case, using quotes and descriptions but after multiple times having to depend on that, it becomes a lot more difficult to enjoy. I found a few that I found interesting but it became again less when I bumped into a series or a description of writing that I did not understand and thus I dropped it, I am surely going to read other things and hopefully, I understand it more. Which makes it more enjoyable to the very least.
So that's why it still got three stars, it wasn't the book, it was my lack of understanding. I know I am a very slow person when it comes to a lot of things (Hi I am binge watching Stranger Things now). I don't mind that I am a slow person when it comes to new books or tv series, I can do everything in my own pace but now I feel that with books like these (which wasn't even written in 2019) it is just difficult to connect and of course there are also tv series that I never heard of because of the difference between Europe and America....more
The reason why I did not like it and that makes it sound very bad is because it was not the story I expected, it probably had some hidden meanings thaThe reason why I did not like it and that makes it sound very bad is because it was not the story I expected, it probably had some hidden meanings that I did not understand or was just a fancy concept of writing it that did not strike my attention.
So I decided after reading half the book and not looking forward every time I demanded myself to continue, to stop. The writing style itself as in the words and phrases are not bad, I like the idea of the songs even if I do not understand or the letters to the little sister and the stories itself but just the overall way of how it was build up is not my cup of tea so I decided to quit.
It sounds super bad to give this book only one star but the thing is: I didn't get into the mindset. Maybe it's because I read too much about feminismIt sounds super bad to give this book only one star but the thing is: I didn't get into the mindset. Maybe it's because I read too much about feminism books in the last period but it was also because the setting of only housewife did not seem the same to me in this time and I wanted to focus my time on something else.
Apart from the stacks of papers I had to read to make 3 big essays, I wanted to read something fun. Now I haven't read all chapters, I didn't get past chapter 3 I felt like I wanted to focus on the now and no longer on the past. Maybe it's different in other countries but I believe around me it's not that bad anymore to be a housewife and it is especially not bad to study and go out and find the job you want.
2019 might not be much different from things in 1963 considering equal payment and yet so much have changed, it is a thing and with the Women's March and everything else that the feminist movement now is doing, hopefully, things will change but it is only a thing that time will tell and only if everyone actively tries to achieve it. I am going to focus on the now and not on the past, because it matters now. ...more
So I read this because I wrote an essay about one of his articles. The thing is that he writes a very interesting concept and I would consider writingSo I read this because I wrote an essay about one of his articles. The thing is that he writes a very interesting concept and I would consider writing another essay about it because there are still a lot of questions.
I do have to say what was very annoying were the little stars, in which Walzer keeps explaining something, later on, I always missed them so at the end of the page I was like: oh shit. Also the fact that he kept referring to things in the future: "I would say this later on in this and this chapter." Nice but I am reading the discussion now. I do understand you do that from time to time considering you can't say everything all at once but it was not once or twice, it was a lot of times. Which was disappointing.
At least this book makes me more interested in reading a bit more but I have to get my hands on stories/books like this that are interesting. It is a tiring subject from time to time and some distinctions aren't clear to me still. ...more
There is one honest answer to this book and why it got one star: Dutch translation. It was horrible, it was disasterous and I hated it with whole my hThere is one honest answer to this book and why it got one star: Dutch translation. It was horrible, it was disasterous and I hated it with whole my heart. The implications that they made and so on.
Would I ever try to read the original if I get my hands on it: definitely.
The play was in town and I wanted to go, was sad I couldn't get tickets and so on but if they do it exactly as the translation: I'm glad I didn't go. It's butchering of art, it's a shame. Of course there is a need for accents but the Dutch way of it, the way of writing and so on, it killed me. Rather try the English version one day. ...more
I think I am a bit too difficult with reading books, probably also because I have to read a lot at the moment for school and thus don't want to have tI think I am a bit too difficult with reading books, probably also because I have to read a lot at the moment for school and thus don't want to have too much time on things I do not like or that are not useful (in the means of my essay). I was glad the library from my University had this book and that I could borrow it during the Christmas break. I also have to admit that I am kind of glad that it is a short book because quicker to read it in between the heavy philosophical, political and so on, books.
The thing why I skipped a bit through it was for one reason only: I couldn't keep up. The little parts are in no chronological order or any order that I understood. On page 20-something we talked about her mother-in-law, which was basically explained a little again on page 126. Why not immediately at the same point. It made me confused and I felt like I missed important parts in a book that seemed to be important enough to describe or to read in the idea of being queer or for example the part of wanting to get married before pros 8. Why is a basic right taken away from you?
Also, I am a person who really likes well chapters and I missed that because normally I would be like: oh only 5 more pages till the next chapter and read that. I can't do that when there is no chapter and as much as I would like to read 160 pages in one go... It did not really work, however, it worked good enough considering. ...more
To be honest I didn’t enjoy reading this. It was not bad but it was written in such a confusing way at least in the beginning that it confused the helTo be honest I didn’t enjoy reading this. It was not bad but it was written in such a confusing way at least in the beginning that it confused the hell out of me. One moment Brownstein starts about that she was eighteen to bring up a random memory with that she is thirteen that I have no idea what she is going on about. Besides I’m not that good with the whole music industry. I know some names, I know some major some minor, some not that famous but very good and so on. Brownstein keeps calling names from bands random names from people that I suddenly have no idea anymore if they played a role before or if they are new to the whole story. It is rather confusing. And it makes it that it is not interesting for me at least. I also don’t really get a feminist vibe from it, yeah little because of the music that they want to play or that they listen too but it’s not a central theme in the book.
I was not even able to finish this book, I tried my best. I came far but this is absolutely nothing for me. I will own this book for the Our Shared Shelf but that's about it. ...more
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