Praiseworthy Pages

Reader Rating: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ (5/5 stars)

First of all, I just need to start off by saying: YES!!! AMEN!!! Preach, girl!!

This book was incredible. I think it’s a must-read for all women and men worldwide. The reality of the gender gap affects literally every human being, male and female, and it’s costing the world so much. Criado-Perez does a phenomenal job presenting the facts regarding how women have been made invisible, undervalued, underpaid, and underrepresented throughout history and in the modern day, proving (and honestly leaving pretty much no avenues through which people could counter her argument) that equality has not been reached, is far from being reached, and must be reached.

It doesn’t matter if you claim the label of “feminist” or not. If you believe that humans ought to be treated equally, ought to have equal rights, ought to be protected and valued equally, then please, read this book. I genuinely think it should be required reading upon entrance into humanity!

Language: 9.5/10 (Rare instances mild swearing).
Sex: 8/10 (Accurate depictions of reality in a tasteful manner).
Violence and gore: 8/10 (Minimal violence or gore. Not detailed or extensive).

Plot: N/A
Characters: N/A
Writing style: 7/10 (This was one of the first times reading–for pleasure–a book so statistics-focused. My mind doesn’t normally thrive in literature that relies so much on data and numbers, since I lean more toward creative writing. However, I thoroughly applaud this work. It’s extremely well-written, and for a type of prose I normally don’t gravitate toward, it really moved me. The only reason why I didn’t rate this any higher is simply because the numbers were oftentimes, at least for me, hard to follow, but she summarized what the statistics meant in a way that I understood, which I appreciated).

Genre: Nonfiction, adult literature, new adult literature, young adult literature, women’s literature
Potential triggers: Mentions of rape, mentions of domestic violence, mentions of abortion, mentions of death, mentions of car accidents, etc.
Is this book part of a series? No.
I would recommend this book to all readers, no matter their gender or nationality, aged 16+.