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Book Review : Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

 Lessons in Chemistry 

By Bonnie Garmus 


Published Year : 2022

Page Count : 386 pages 

Medium Used : Paperback 

Genre: Scientists, Drama, Romance, Contemporary Fiction, 2024-read. 

Rating : 1.75/5 👍👍



I am giving such a low rating because this book, I felt, is superbly overhyped. I was bored out of my mind. I was dragging myself to read because I happened to buy the paperback. I felt incredulous at several moments. The main character, Elizabeth Zott, gets away with most of her actions with impunity. And if she says or does half of the things, now, she did back in the 1960s backdrop of the story, she would get brutally trashed and massacred. But, hey, where ever she goes, she has her share of idolizers/fans and sympathizers. She doesn't come off as a real person. Over bloated with self importance and snobbish, to say the least. I hated her character so much that I wished upon wished when the narrative will end. I became apathetic to Elizabeth or any of the other characters that make up her story. 


The story also went along predictable lines. I mean, this is not real right? I can't imagine myself, listening stark still to some woman, who used to be a chemist, now disgraced and fired, talk about complex chemistry while also teaching cooking. I would be in a no man's land right away. And yet, in the book, we see women and men sitting in pin drop silence, gobbling all that she is landing out through her cooking classes. Felt surreal. And I am totally unbiased here. 


The author also tried to throw in an angle of feministic outrage and a bit of me too into this mixture. Why women and men are not treated the same? back in 1960s America and why Elizabeth found herself in hot waters as she tried to navigate against the tide.. like having a child out of wedlock, using her own talk points on her cooking show instead of towing to the producers.. etc. 

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