Loved how honest your opinion is. Thank you for sharing and saving us money. I may be wrong but I seem to remember you do translations for a living. So, if you were asked to translate the book, would you do it?
I honestly think that we should all just stay away from it!! I hope the the publishers and the editors manage to find this and will take the time to really 'think' about what what said and done. This was one of the books I 'almost' bought I am so glad that I didn't and I think you (and bow down) to your thoughts PLUS it saved me $40.00!!!
Honestly I read it for a book club and all of us really loved it. The fictional aspect of the book aren’t pretending to be reality, they’re just a way to bring some life to a person and bring some relief from all the historical facts. It wasn’t my favorite part of the book but it did bring Eileen to life.
The saddest thing is that to most people, in this time and age of shallow thinking and activism, it will only matter that a female author is 'defending' a woman from the past against the injustice of patriarchy, without care how it is done or if it should be done at all (I mean if it was there injustice or just it was a different era) 😒
It's a book I had to read for the Booktube Prize. I wanted to give it a fair chance, so I continued reading it in case it redeemed itself by the end. It did not...
I am glad I am not the only one who didn't like the book (it received so many accolades). The author spent way too much time trying to create an Eileen that fit her own modern values. I think the real Eileen got lost in all the fiction.
Loved how honest your opinion is. Thank you for sharing and saving us money.
I may be wrong but I seem to remember you do translations for a living. So, if you were asked to translate the book, would you do it?
I adore these reviews from you. The kind where you have a bee in your bonnet!
I am having fun filming them too. 😁
I love a good rant! I'm here for it!
I am glad you are liking it! 😁
I started this but didn’t get far. I liked Down and out in London and Paris.
I honestly think that we should all just stay away from it!! I hope the the publishers and the editors manage to find this and will take the time to really 'think' about what what said and done. This was one of the books I 'almost' bought I am so glad that I didn't and I think you (and bow down) to your thoughts PLUS it saved me $40.00!!!
Honestly I read it for a book club and all of us really loved it. The fictional aspect of the book aren’t pretending to be reality, they’re just a way to bring some life to a person and bring some relief from all the historical facts. It wasn’t my favorite part of the book but it did bring Eileen to life.
The saddest thing is that to most people, in this time and age of shallow thinking and activism, it will only matter that a female author is 'defending' a woman from the past against the injustice of patriarchy, without care how it is done or if it should be done at all (I mean if it was there injustice or just it was a different era) 😒
Thanks! Another book I don't need to read. But why did you finish? (I apologize if I missed that)
It's a book I had to read for the Booktube Prize. I wanted to give it a fair chance, so I continued reading it in case it redeemed itself by the end. It did not...
@bouquinsbooks thanks
I so agree - I loathed this book so much. I got to the point where I didn’t trust a word she wrote
I am glad I am not the only one who didn't like the book (it received so many accolades). The author spent way too much time trying to create an Eileen that fit her own modern values. I think the real Eileen got lost in all the fiction.