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The Purple Dolphin

M.S. Saxon

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A critical parent with alcohol issues, a parrot with a knicker fetish, death threats in the post....

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Suswatibasu (1703 KP) rated Difficult Women in Books

Jul 25, 2017

Difficult Women

Roxane Gay | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry

7.7

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Slightly disappointed, slightly repetitive

I was absolutely gearing up for Roxane Gay's latest book which turned out to be a mish mash of interesting short stories, intersecting racism, classism and sexism. The only issue was about 75% of the book seemed to repeat itself. It seemed to be missing a trick - there are more to women's lives than men, which was the main focus.

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2444 KP) rated The 5th Horseman (Women's Murder Club, #5) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

The women's murder club take on two cases. The first involves either murder or medical malpractice at a hospital. The second involves murdered women being left in expensive cars. Both were good stories, although the climax was so bad it killed much of the enjoyment for me.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-5th-horseman-by-james.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2444 KP) rated 3rd Degree (Women's Murder Club, #3) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

As yet another serial killer attacks San Francisco, the ladies of the Women's Murder Club are rocked by tragedy. I really am getting hooked on these thrillers, but the cardboard characters are hard to really bond with, a problem driven home by this book.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2013/05/book-review-3rd-degree-by-james.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Motherhood in Patriarchy: Animosity Toward Mothers in Politics and Feminist Theory - Proposals for Change

Mariam Irene Tazi-Preve

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Motherhood in Patriarchy pioneers the argument that the current Western understanding of motherhood...

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The Penelopiad

Margaret Atwood | 2005 | Fiction & Poetry

9.0

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"I love Margaret Atwood's sequence, “The Penelopiad,” which shows us a side of Penelope that is always veiled in Homer. Atwood's Penelope struggles with the knowledge that she herself colluded with the deaths of the slave women, hanged by her son Telemachus. The theme of women's collusion with the abuse of women is an important theme, essential in our age of intersectional feminism and #MeToo."

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The Chocolate Lady (94 KP) rated The Only Woman in the Room in Books

Oct 5, 2020

If you've never heard of Hedy Lamarr, that's fine, she was just an actress, but she also invented something we use in technology every day. To find out more, you can read my #bookreview of this biographical, historical, women's fiction novel about her, "The Only Woman in the Room" by Marie Benedict, on my blog now https://tcl-bookreviews.com/2019/01/25/the-beauty-of-genius/