When Women Were Dragons: A Novel

Interesting premise, just needed editing or abridging.

I really loved this one. I listened to it and felt that narrator spoke very slowly. I listened at double speed and didn’t feel overwhelmed by it.

We read this book for the Book Club I host in PDX, Oregon. I liked the idea of the story. And I could see the rage for the woman's plight back in the 50s and 60s. I also liked the historical accuracy for events taking place in those times. However I found certain things to just be wildly unbelievable and it made it hard to consider the story past those things about 3/4 of the way through the book. I tried to just ignore those bits so I could stay in the story.

Disappointing, repetitive, and overall rather boring. I recommend reading something else.

I liked this book. It was a girl-powered feminist read, and it was a fun fantasy-perspective on channeling female rage into female joy. When the women dragon, they are following their true selves, without even the sky to limit them! The dragoning was also an obvious allegory to the acceptance of women regardless of assigned gender or sexual preference. The sub plot around Beatrice especially makes this point. I loved the role libraries/the librarian played. Mrs. Gyzinka was a minor character, but she was an interesting one. I would read a prequel to this book based on her story!!