A bit dissapointed. Reading the title made me think that the book would be about her and how she managed to survive in a male dominant field. However, a large part of it is focused on her love story with Curie. 2,5 from me.

so horribly written. unreliable. most of the info in there is by hearsay. come on! for a journalist?
very distorted view of Sweden portraying people from upper-class Stockholm only to make simplistic generalisations about the whole of the population.

so self centered. no character depth. childish observations.

i recommend getting the audiobook as well as Fry's narrating skills are yet again captivating and giving life to the characters.

I enjoyed reading this book. I did, however, skip some tractor segments, but all in all, it was a pleasant read and would probably recommend it to some of my friends.
I would like to point out how the reviews of the Economist, New York Times that were on the cover threw me off and as a result, I was expecting to read a completely different book. A lot of the reviews were focused on how funny this book was. But funny was not the first thing I think when I think of this book. Not even second or third or fourth. You get where I am getting with this It was really sad to read actually. Especially the marital abuse parts. So my 3-star rating might have been affected by my expectations not being met which is sad because I tend to successfully avoid spoilers of any kind, but it is kind of hard to do that when they are on the cover.
I would read more of Marina's books and try not to take into account reviews on the cover anymore. At least not for this author.