Things a Bright Girl Can Do

The book had a bit of a slow start but it was a nice, easy read so I went through it quickly. I Learned a bit more on the British Suffragette movement compared to the US movement. Some things are so parallel to what we see today in terms of protesting and sexism which I found sad that society can still be like after all these decades. The ending left me wanting more as did the whole book in general. Obviously the Great War takes place at this time (1914-1918) and the book shifts it’s focus to that and looks less at the suffrage movement. I was kind of disappointed in how little the movement was talked about in the second half of the novel.

I liked that the three different characters had completely different class backgrounds and experiences but it is disappointing that yet again WOC in the movement have been left out of the narrative. I’m aware that they were also left out of the movement as a whole in this time in history as well, but its not an excuse to continue to leave them out by not having them talked about in a book and giving them representation. It was Great that it had an f/f relationship too but again their storyline left me wanting to hear more about LGBTQ community and the events they may have organized/attended. It felt like the suffrage movement was fluffed and didn’t really show the hardships of being a young suffragette.