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The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1)
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bookshelves: overrated, historical-fiction, feminism, passes-the-bechdel-test
Dec 20, 2018
bookshelves: overrated, historical-fiction, feminism, passes-the-bechdel-test
I am a feminist. I love feminist books. Feminism is for everybody, quoth the inimitable bell hooks. But "women are great!" can't be the ONLY message of your book. This thing just hits you over the head with it, again and again, to the detriment of the plot. Ultimately, I DNF'd.... sadly.
Oh, and check out Boostamonte Halvorsen's review, which summed up my feelings pretty exactly: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
Oh, and check out Boostamonte Halvorsen's review, which summed up my feelings pretty exactly: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...
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Reading Progress
July 24, 2018
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to-read
July 24, 2018
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December 20, 2018
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Started Reading
December 20, 2018
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January 24, 2019
– Shelved as:
overrated
January 24, 2019
– Shelved as:
historical-fiction
January 24, 2019
– Shelved as:
feminism
January 24, 2019
– Shelved as:
passes-the-bechdel-test
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Dec 21, 2018 04:49PM
I’ve noticed this problem In books too
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Oh dear! I just got this in my library and was super excited.
Completely agree. And for some reason the women were all saintly, and the men were sexist, racist, etc. Wasn’t accurate for the times.
