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toreypickard's review
4.0
I love well written non-fiction. Give me an interesting storyteller who is passionate about their subject, and could happily read about the origins and details of a myriad of topics. Alicia Malone clearly loves her work, and it shows. Wrapping the film history and analysis of female characterization in a memoir made it even better. Her own personal experiences and film knowledge added a unique bend to her insights. I do wish she’d delved a bit deeper into each trope, I was left wanting more in a few sections, but I still thoroughly enjoyed Girls on Film. I can’t wait to watch some of the classic movies discussed.
Thank you NetGalley and Tantor Audio for this advanced audiobook copy.
Thank you NetGalley and Tantor Audio for this advanced audiobook copy.
mtunno's review
4.0
Interesting combo of film crit and memoir. Excited to dig into the bibliography for more feminist film reading.
nd2712's review
3.0
I don't know if I'd call it a 'complete' history - it's more of a memoir that interweaves with the background stories of some classical movies and the women behind them, but nevertheless, a great book packed into a small number of pages.
mylsprnd's review
5.0
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to listen to this audiobook before the release date.
This book is the story of women through the cinema. I love a good film and thanks to this books I learned a lot about cinema and woman history. I loved Alicia Malone way to tell us her story and the story of a lot other powerful women and a lot of issues in the cinematic universe.
This book really hooked me from the beginning eager to learn more about this world.
This book is the story of women through the cinema. I love a good film and thanks to this books I learned a lot about cinema and woman history. I loved Alicia Malone way to tell us her story and the story of a lot other powerful women and a lot of issues in the cinematic universe.
This book really hooked me from the beginning eager to learn more about this world.
tearexmama's review against another edition
5.0
Just off the bat, this is not the book that Goodreads has it listed as. The author's foreword is very clear that this is a look at the women in film who affected the author's life in some way, NOT a "complete history of the women who broke barriers". I think that wrong title is giving the book some bad reviews because people are going in with wrong expectations.
That said, this autobiographical look at the author's life through the films that changed her is a really enjoyable read. I could completely relate to chapters like the one about Drew Barrymore. While the author has made very different life choices than me, I felt a kindred spirit in her love for films. The stories are interesting and provide lots of behind the scenes and historical information about some of the most famous women in film. The coda chapter about how Covid changed the author's relationship with work and films was an excellent little add-on.
I really enjoyed the audiobook version of this story. The narrator was very lively and I frequently forgot that it was not actually the author telling the story herself.
Thank you so much to Netgalley and the publishers for the ARC.
That said, this autobiographical look at the author's life through the films that changed her is a really enjoyable read. I could completely relate to chapters like the one about Drew Barrymore. While the author has made very different life choices than me, I felt a kindred spirit in her love for films. The stories are interesting and provide lots of behind the scenes and historical information about some of the most famous women in film. The coda chapter about how Covid changed the author's relationship with work and films was an excellent little add-on.
I really enjoyed the audiobook version of this story. The narrator was very lively and I frequently forgot that it was not actually the author telling the story herself.
Thank you so much to Netgalley and the publishers for the ARC.