lilyofthevalley_reads's reviews
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It started out really strong, but I think that this is a case of I waited a bit too long to read this and now nearly ten years after its publication, it’s a bit outdated. Also, some of the chapters were like flogging a dead horse; we get the point you’re trying to make, do we really need a chapter this long in order to make it?! Some of the chapters were really dry , academic, and philosophical about western society (not my speed at all). 

Generally not in the mood for a slow paced non fiction book about the history of the oil industry (at the moment). Love me some Rachel Maddox though. 

It started off really good, but then stupid me realized that the boy in the epilogue is not actually the hero, so I kind of lost interest. This does remind me of a recent book that I read called “A Lady’s Guide to Fortune Hunting” by Sophie Irwin since the hero in that book is also convinced that the heroine is just using his family and their title for financial gain. 

Next time I will be looking for a very specific book about childhood next door neighbours who grow up together and then the hero realizes that he is in love with the heroine but she’s interested in someone else. I’m hoping I can find at least one book that’s like that.

Generally not in the mood for a more mysterious slow paced Victorian setting in a historical romance. I will try and get back into it at some point since it’s one of my goals to try and read everything from this author. 

I like that Bishop reminded me of the hero in one of Sarah Maclean’s book “The Rogue Not Taken.” Unfortunately I don’t think that spies are my thing; I’ve tried to read another historical romance about spies and it was an unsuccessful as well.

I found the author’s explanations about her reasonings for giving up drinking very superficial and very new age-y and pc. I can’t relate to someone who basically had a millionaire lifestyle and wasted it all on booze. 

I like this author’s arguments as a whole and have enjoyed him on different appearances on for example “Real Time with Bill Maher.” I just don’t think that there is enough evidence for some of his arguments about why some millennials and gen z’s are perpetually angry and confrontational on college campuses and society in general. 

However, I did like the part where he talked about the huge emergence of peanut allergies in kids born in the middle 90’s to early 2000’s. I wish there was more of an explanation on the parenting trend differences between generations as to why some of the changes in the upcoming generations are occurring.