레슨 인 케미스트리 1 by Bonnie Garmus

레슨 인 케미스트리 1 Reviews

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  Ellen McSweeney

  DNF...
  
  Just couldn't get into it. I probably could have kept reading but I am finding myself so easily distracted while reading this, I just can't be bothered spending another 3 hours finishing it off. Next!!
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  Pippa Elliott

  I literally love this book. I love Elizabeth, Mad, Calvin, and Six-Thirty.
  I won't give the plot away, but in brief, Elizabeth is a gifted chemist, but she's also female. In the late 1950s this means she's only fit to be a secretary or lab tech at best! But Elizabeth doesn't see obstacles and instead converts her kitchen into a lab.
  Hands up - I read this book as a change from my normal HF and because I liked the cover. How superficial is that! But boy, did I strike lucky. This is a sucker punch to the gut read in the best possible way.
  So what's it about? Msyogeny, love, chemistry, friendship, and survival...oh, and a hyper-intelligent dog called Six-Thirty. I don't read much feminist literature, mainly because I don't want to be preached to, but Lessons in Chemistry eloquently demonstrates it's not brain capacity that matters but the shape of your genitals. It is a book about the determination not to compromise, no matter what, and about putting personal standards ahead of everything else. Sounds like a dry read? Nothing further from the truth. This is witty, pithy, and entertaining from start to finish.
  Fave Quote:
  "She knew stupid people weren't smart enough to know they were stupid, but she assumed unattractive people knew they were unattractive because of mirrors."
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  Karen Tyler

  Adored Elizabeth Zott. A joyous , heartfelt book, with laugh out loud moments. I didn’t want it to end.
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  Arnabi

  Quiet a few friends had recommended this book to me and my first reaction was, why would I like to read a book on chemistry ? An honest confession, I am a fiction buff, non fictions put me to sleep right at the word go. Then I was told this is a fiction so go for it. And boy once I read the first page, I simply couldn’t stop. What a fantastic book on the life and times of women in the 50’s in the US. The patriarchy, the discrimination, the societal outlook, you name it. But apart from this the human emotions and life lessons are universal. Don’t get me wrong this is not the self help types, which I also hate, this is a satirical rendition of the life of a gifted lady scientist who made her way inspite of all the curve balls life threw at her. It is so inspirational that I can’t tell you, written in such a comical way that while it hits you hard you still have a smile on your face.
  
  In case you have not read it yet, put down anything else that you are teaching and go for it. Would love to hear from others who have read it already, did you like it as much as I did ? ❤️
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  Kasia

  The best book I read in a decade. If not ever. I was heartbroken to finish it, almost kept delaying reading it just because I was so attached to it. I never write reviews but this one deserves it. There's not enough letters in the alphabet to list everything this book has to offer. It's so moving in so many different ways, from "feminism was not all rallies and demonstrations", to "everyone's individual value is the greatest thing they possess, but not in the way you might think". It will make you realise the love you have for women who came before you and the ability you have to alter the lives of women who will come after you. If you're a woman read it if you forgot how powerful women are, and if you're a man read it for exactly the same reason.
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  Jonathan Chambers

  I was sceptical of reading this as I often am with the supposed ‘next big thing’. But what a wonderful read. It felt like something I should have read many times before yet also felt incredibly new and original. A female scientist trying to live her life in 1950s USA, in a time when women weren’t considered capable of anything more than reproducing. The main character is a wonderful and highly believable creation - there are so many themes and questions in this book yet none are rubbed in your face and there’s nothing preachy about it at all. It’s really a story about just trying to live you life and to look after yourself and others and to do the best you can - even when most people want to do their best to stop you.
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  Bea Turvey

  I want every woman, girl, unsure person, anyone that needs- sod it, just everyone! - to read this book.
  We are capable, we are able, we are so much more than the constraints placed upon by society, religion, our parents, our sposes... Elizabeth Zott is a fiercely independent woman who is unnervingly true not only to herself, but to her beliefs, to science, and to her knowledge that everyone, including her wonderful dog, is adaptable and intelligent.
  
  I shall give myself a few weeks to absorb all the encouragement that's flown off the pages, then return to the book and read it all over again.
  Loved it. Loved it. Loved it. 😍
  
  BTW this review is fir the U.K. version
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  Cathryn Wellner

  Having experienced the sexism of the 50s and 60s, I was drawn into this novel, fascinated to see how Bonnie Garmus would write about it. Elizabeth is a force to be reckoned with, her brains more important to her than her beauty. Her struggle to be recognized in her own right, not as an appendage of any man or men, is a fight I watched my own mother fight. Given what is happening in the States in 2023, it is more important than ever that younger women understand what life is like when misogyny rules the day.
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  Sam Abbott

  Enjoyed the storyline, and exploration of misogyny and sexism. Found the dialogue difficult to read at times as felt there was sometimes too much emphasis on making her sound clever, which took me out of it a bit.
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  Emma Judd

  Thoroughly enjoyed it. Just a bit different with a strong heroine.
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  Karen Morwood

  Super story! I absolutely loved this. And especially sixthirty. I'm sad it's over. But what an inspiring read :)
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  Claire Thomas

  I’ll be honest… didn’t enjoy it at all… found a lot of wasted time on boring, inconsequential details… last few chapters got to the point and were the best bit.
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  Sue

  I thoroughly enjoyed this story.
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  Sammy Louise

  Really struggled to get into this.
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  Eleanor

  I’d give it more than five stars if I could!
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  Lisa

  Loved the characters, the 'social' history, the science. Am disappointed that it is finished!
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  Irina

  I really enjoyed it. It was funny and entertaining