This is confusing and annoying and just adds to the inability to differentiate the three women focused on here.ģ.) The book is almost mind-numbingly boring. it all blurred together due to Shetterly's inability to develop characters or personalities for any of them.Ģ.) She often switches from person to person, and from time period to time period in the same chapter. I literally could not tell you the difference between Dorothy, Katherine, and Mary. The book isn't STUPID, and it isn't abysmal trash with bad grammar and poor spelling.īut she is a poor writer for a plethora of reasons.ġ.) She is unable to distinguish characters from one another. Is it good that it was written? Yes, it is good that it was written and even better that Hollywood picked it up. So I have to review this as a book, not as an ideal or a concept or an 'important work for society.' I mean, is this book important? Yes, it is important. It's very important to have books like this.īut I'm here to review books. Completely ignored and disregarded might be better. Or perhaps hidden is too active of a word. ad nauseam) is, as Shetterly points out, hidden. The fact that it was made into a movie is even better - because, let's face it, a lot of people don't read books.īlack history in America (beyond going over the Civil War and slavery and MLK, Jr. The simple fact that this news was shocking to a lot of people means this story is important and should be told.

Feminism! Smash the patriarchy! Sisters are doin' it for themselves!Įven more on board with calling attention to something that most Americans are ignorant about - Women's roles and black people's roles in NASA during the Space Race and WWII. Let's do this thing.Īs a child, however, I knew so many African Americans working in science, math, and engineering that I thought that's just what black folks did.

Okay, I've put off writing this long enough.

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