This, I am not going to lie I bought this purely for the cover. It is stunning!! I try and not buy books based on their covers but this time I could not help myself. I work in a bookshop so it is easy to buy books on impulse. So I did just that. What would Boudicca do? by E.Foley & B. Coates
I bought this book for my holiday to Egypt, when I was not being sold for camels and visiting pyramids I was by the pool catching up on some well-deserved pleasure reading. I wanted to start with something light, an easy read if you will. I thought this book was a fiction book, I bought it without actually looking into it properly. It turned out to be a historical self-help book... I think that is the genre I would put it in. I don't usually (or ever) read self-help books but there was something about this one I could not put down. The book explored famous women through history, true icons who changed the world and owned their shit.
It was a pleasant easy read, I enjoyed reading about women such as Boudicca, Hypatia, Fe De Mundo and many other women I had not heard of before. I kind of ignored the self-help part, essentially the authors tell you the history of how women dealt with their issues and how you can apply their 'techniques' to your everyday life. I didn't really need the advice so I took to the book for a more educational purpose. To learn about badass women through history.
Before we get any raging anti-feminists raging, this book isn't just glorifying women and saying they're amazing (even though they are) it also talks about their not so great qualities and issues.
I enjoyed reading and learning about so many different women, stories of their struggles and how they overcame the toughest of situations. It was an interesting read. What I also loved about this book is the illustrations, they are stunning. The illustrator is Bijou Karman. Here are some of the illustrations from the book below:
Would I recommend? If you're looking to learn about women in history sure, but if you're looking for a life fix, maybe not! My next book review will be Talking to Female Serial Killers by Christopher Berry-Dee.
