Eight Girls Taking Pictures: A Novel Audiobook

" I found the photographic aspects interesting since that is a major hobby but the writing drags and the women are fairly interchangeable despite the different historical periods they occupy. "

" I liked this a lot better than "How to Make and an American Quilt". There were some great stories here of women living untraditional lives. Sometimes it was a bit disheartening and sad, but there was always hope for the future. "

" I should have loved this book: I studied photography and art history. I just couldn't get into it. It felt less like a novel and more like a college student's first attempt at a collection of historical short stories. Facts about whatever areas/periods were being covered were thrown in, often interrupting the flow of prose and creating a sense the author was trying to show off her breadth of research. Good historical fiction writers weave the facts in so they color the story, not footnote it. There was little to bring the eight women together other than the fact they were women photographers trying to make it in a man's profession. The final story tried to tie everything together a little too late, and by then I was just ready to be done. Skip this attempt and just go straight to the biographies of the real women she was drawing from. "

" Snow day inspiration or not, I was thankful to have some time to finish this work. Any novel featuring Hannah Hoech and her innovative and trailblazing work during the Dada movement has me at "collage." I appreciated many of the familiar geographical and historical references to my own past and the way photos capture what may be left unsaid, yet stated in many words. "

" I'm a photographer and I was really looking forward to this book. It was disappointing! It was excruciatingly boring! I couldn't finish it. It had no point, no message and no entertainment value. "

" I enjoyed this, but felt the theme got repetitive after awhile. I liked the first stories a lot. It does make me want to dust off my old camera, though! "

" Wanted to like this one, but the writing didn't hold it for me. Abandoned. "

" "Snapshots" into the lives of women photographers. I had a hard time connecting with any of the characters, and while we'll-written, for me it's only okay. "

" I absolutely loved this novel. Each glimpse into the characters life was thrilling and I was instantly connected and invested in their lives. Beautiful prose. I would highly recommend this novel. Great coming of age for young women. "

" Eight stories about "eight girls taking pictures" with some overlap. All are strong, artistic, independent women who lived between 1917 and the 1970s. Interesting and loosely based on the lives of real photographers whom I have yet to google... "

" Eh...not what I expected. Characters and topics were too weird for me. Had to struggle to finish. Did not identify with anyone. "

" Whitney can turn a phrase in such a way to drive it into your heart. Between her prose, interweaving of history, and telling women's stories in such a way that you say, "Oh yea, I've felt that way before" or "That's how I feel, but I didn't know how to voice it," she's a master. "

" highly recommended collection of short stories particularly for women artists balancing the demands of life & art. "

" The eight girls might just has well been one girl. Their stories were the same. By the time I got to the sixth girl I decided to give up. "

" While the concept is stronger than the uneven writing, I needed to read this for its invitation to consider how much of my emotional energy I give to my art v. my lover...and the book disturbed me (in the right ways) for that reason. "

" Focus on the personal stories of several women photographers. Illuminates their struggles to choose between art and family. Today's women photographers will especially find these stories fascinating. Based on the lives of real photographers who lived in the early to mid twentieth century. "