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Ada Lovelace Cracks the Code (Rebel Girls Chapter Books) by Jestine Ware, Marina Muun, Rebel Girls
mehsi's review against another edition
4.0
I received this book from Netgalley in exchange of an honest review.
I really love Ada Lovelace, all she did and her life was interesting. So I was excited for this book which promised a peek in the life of Ada Lovelace. Fictionalized but still with enough facts.
We start at Ada’s early childhood, we see that she has her own will and wants to do all sorts of things. Well, OK, everything except maths (which I fully agree on). She wants to play, wants to dream, wants to read. But you can guess that in the time she lives and with a mom like that, she hasn’t got all the freedom. She is still a girl and still has to follow societal rules. I just felt for Ada at times because I recognised many things in her. I did love that she went on and kept following her dreams especially when she met someone who she could trust, who taught her many important things (I loved that chess battle in the beginning), and more. It was great to read about that moment when Ada found her dream. Found something she wanted to do. Something that she was curious and excited about.
My heart broke for her when she got ill and when all her dreams seemed to just fade away. But I was so proud and delighted that she decided not to let things get in the way and she fought. She went for it. Found something that she loved. Found a husband who supported her and helped her out and with whom she could talk. Went for exciting ideas and inventions. Helped out a friend. It was really amazing to see her step up and go for it.
The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous, I so so love the style of them! And the colours!
All in all, you still can’t convince me math is useful or fun, but I did have tons of fun reading about Ada and her life!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I really love Ada Lovelace, all she did and her life was interesting. So I was excited for this book which promised a peek in the life of Ada Lovelace. Fictionalized but still with enough facts.
We start at Ada’s early childhood, we see that she has her own will and wants to do all sorts of things. Well, OK, everything except maths (which I fully agree on). She wants to play, wants to dream, wants to read. But you can guess that in the time she lives and with a mom like that, she hasn’t got all the freedom. She is still a girl and still has to follow societal rules. I just felt for Ada at times because I recognised many things in her. I did love that she went on and kept following her dreams especially when she met someone who she could trust, who taught her many important things (I loved that chess battle in the beginning), and more. It was great to read about that moment when Ada found her dream. Found something she wanted to do. Something that she was curious and excited about.
My heart broke for her when she got ill and when all her dreams seemed to just fade away. But I was so proud and delighted that she decided not to let things get in the way and she fought. She went for it. Found something that she loved. Found a husband who supported her and helped her out and with whom she could talk. Went for exciting ideas and inventions. Helped out a friend. It was really amazing to see her step up and go for it.
The illustrations are absolutely gorgeous, I so so love the style of them! And the colours!
All in all, you still can’t convince me math is useful or fun, but I did have tons of fun reading about Ada and her life!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
nilsnoether73's review against another edition
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.0
Una lectura ràpida sobre la vida de l’Ada Lovelace. Molt inspirador, encara que és tan planer que no t’hi pots aferrar gaire. Recomanable per a menors de 12 anys, però com m’ha passat amb altres llibres de Nenes Rebels, “no ets tu, soc jo”.
izsanz's review against another edition
5.0
Es un libro muy bello, escrito de forma sencilla que capta la atención de inmediato.
¡La historia de Ada Lovelace contada de esta forma espero que inspire a más niñas a incursionar en la ciencia!
¡La historia de Ada Lovelace contada de esta forma espero que inspire a más niñas a incursionar en la ciencia!
brina1996's review against another edition
4.0
I want to thank Net Galley and the publisher for providing this Arc in exchange for an honest review.
I really enjoyed reading this book, the pacing of the book was well done. It was such a quick read. I enjoyed that the time jumps flowed well together and didn’t make it seem like we were messing out on anything.
I vaguely knew about Ada Lovelace but now know how remarkable of a person she is. She was able to imagine the many possibilities of computers way before the age of computers. I am so glad that I decided to read this book, I never really read books about historical figures, but now I think I might start to read more of them. Especially novels/stories about inspiring women. I think its important for young girls and even women to know about historical women that changed the world. It can show them that anyone can do something if they put their mind to it. What I enjoyed a lot about Ada’s story is that she was so creative and such a visionary. She saw things that many others including Babbage himself could not see, such as that computers could do more than counting numbers. And her motivation and determination are something that I strive for and greatly admire in her.
I really enjoyed reading this book, the pacing of the book was well done. It was such a quick read. I enjoyed that the time jumps flowed well together and didn’t make it seem like we were messing out on anything.
I vaguely knew about Ada Lovelace but now know how remarkable of a person she is. She was able to imagine the many possibilities of computers way before the age of computers. I am so glad that I decided to read this book, I never really read books about historical figures, but now I think I might start to read more of them. Especially novels/stories about inspiring women. I think its important for young girls and even women to know about historical women that changed the world. It can show them that anyone can do something if they put their mind to it. What I enjoyed a lot about Ada’s story is that she was so creative and such a visionary. She saw things that many others including Babbage himself could not see, such as that computers could do more than counting numbers. And her motivation and determination are something that I strive for and greatly admire in her.
thereadingghost_sara's review against another edition
5.0
Wonderful.
Ada is so smart and funny. We follow her from childhood to adulthood. Her cleverness is obvious from the beginning, she develops her math knowledge through her youth and ends up understanding how it works the Analytical Engine of Mr Babbage. And she's the only one.
Ada is the precursor of our well known computers. It moved me to tears to read how computer scientists gave her name to a code: her role has been recognized after all. <3
Ada is so smart and funny. We follow her from childhood to adulthood. Her cleverness is obvious from the beginning, she develops her math knowledge through her youth and ends up understanding how it works the Analytical Engine of Mr Babbage. And she's the only one.
Ada is the precursor of our well known computers. It moved me to tears to read how computer scientists gave her name to a code: her role has been recognized after all. <3
stitchsaddiction's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Ada Lovelace Cracks the Code is another excellent installment in the Rebel Girls series.
This book focuses on Ada Lovelace, who was one of the world's first computer programmers and tells the reader of her life from growing up in London with a mother who thinks her daughter is wild and out of control. I loved how inadvertently her mother puts her daughter onto her life journey by ensuring she learned maths in an attempt to keep her focus away from her love of machines and to a subject that could aid her in employment.
It made me chuckle that what starts off as a punishment becomes a new love, and Ada finds that she's also extremely good at it. From her love of mathematics and an accidental meeting with the creator of an intriguing machine? Ada's two loves become combined.
Ada Lovelace is would become a true pioneer of computer sciences, and this small book from Rebel Girls tells her story in an engaging and easy to read manner. Once again alongside the story itself, there is some activities to do that are educational, with a focus on simple coding, and mathematical ideas.
If you've a child who's fascinated by coding on such things as roblox etcetera? Then I would suggest getting this to show them where it all began.