Patriarchs

I found this book very interesting, and easy to follow - well written for someone new to the area of study which is a big plus for me when reading books such as these - no prior knowledge assumed. It had a good overview of the existing material and then some interesting critique and work from the author. I felt a bit unsatisfied by the conclusion but in general, enjoyed.

There's lots of really good information in this book, and Saini makes a very good case for how we've missed a lot of the stories about how society came to be in an attempt to fix a gendered narrative on it. The problem I have with it is, like her earlier Inferior, it reads more as a series of pieces sharing similar topics rather than a single boo with a cohesive argument and narrative. Feels like there's a lot more that could be said about how the different parts of this link together but then it ends with a very brief conclusion.