This one was just plainly not a good book. The writing was actually terrible. It was all tell and no show so I never felt like I was actually in a scene with the characters and therefore I felt no emotional connection to what was happening.
We were told the thoughts of every single character we came across even if it wasn't necessary and for some reason the dog was personified? Look, I get talking for your dog or like interpreting their looks and everything, I do that with my dogs, but this book took it a step too far for me. It was just weird.
I also didn't like the main character or her boyfriend. I didn't like them together at all. She was dubbed as this strong woman but really she just came off as a "I'm not like other girls" type and was just annoying and he would absolutely not listen to her when she clearly told him what she wanted. And don't even get me started on the white feminism introduction part of this whole book. It was so force-fed and - though it's all true and can still be seen today - because it's a historical book, it could be argued that the author is saying it's all in the past which doesn't sit right with me. 
I don't understand the hype for this book at all and it really could have done with some heavy craft-level editing.