Review by zinelib - Lessons in Chemistry

zinelib 's review for:

Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

4.5

emotional funny informative medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

I loved reading this book and didn't want it to end. LiC follows lady chemist Elizabeth Zott through a career of being thwarted by one rapey man-in-charge after another. She doesn't sleep with any of them until she falls madly in love with awkward, grudge-holding, famous, brilliant Calvin Evans.

she overheard the same few grousing about her--about how she took herself so seriously, how she thought she was better than any of them, how she'd refused dates from all of them, even the single men.

"even the single men" dear blob!

some other quotes

She didn't want to: she didn't like the notion that systems had to be outsmarted. Why couldn't they just be smart in the first place?

this goes for actors too

Idiots make it into every company. They tend to interview well.

ugh and this truthy truth

Like most stupid people, Mr. Sloane wasn't smart enough to know just how stupid he was.

Because she can't Science, Zott somehow ends up with a cooking show, where she salt-fat-acid-heats before it's a thing, explaining the chemistry of cooking healthy foods to her 1950s housewife viewers.

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