Hidden Figures

Actual Rating: 3.25

I had to read this for school. I thought this would be a topic that interested me, but I was quite wrong. I was bored and uninterested throughout much of the novel. While this was bad enough, the writing itself irritated me.

There were so many characters mentioned that I simply lost track of them. The author would introduce a character for a paragraph and then not speak of them for another 30 pages. This became confusing when I tried to keep track of all of the characters. In addition, there was some random information provided about the characters that was ultimately irrelevant to the progression of the novel.

Of course, the topic of this novel is important. It talked about a lot of things that I had not known before. However, it was not engaging enough for me to enjoy it.

I still intend to see the movie, however this is one book that I will not be revisiting.