Amie’s Reviews > Lessons in Chemistry > Status Update

DNA structure had only been discovered 7 years earlier. We didn’t map the genome until 2003. So Elizabeth would have an 0 chance if knowing how much genetic content we shared with a tomato.

I’m finishing out of stubbornness, but OMG this author is clueless. The tropes she is relying on are PAINFUL.

Also, using unnecessarily scientific language to describe the process of making scrambled eggs does not make you a better or more sophisticated cook. They’re still scrambled eggs. 🙄

Also, using unnecessarily scientific language to describe making scrambled eggs doesn’t make you a better or more sophisticated cook.

Has she, like forgotten WWII?
Also, more tropes. So many caricatures.

Oh dear. I don’t know if I can handle this. We’re already deep in the “idyllic 60’s but oppressed smart women” thing.

I know it’s minor, but the air in So Cal is actually clear NOW than it was in the 60’s- government regulations outlawed leaded fuel and increased fuel efficiency.

So, is this going to play to what people want to *think* the past was, exaggerating it’s warts and beauty marks?