If you know me at all (Or have read any of my reviews, which is close enough on Goodreads), then you know I am a 1920s nut. I love everything about it, and I never hesitate to read anything, fiction or nonfiction, about that era. It felt like fate when I found Flappers because my APUSH class was on its 1920s chapter on the time.

I gave Flappers three stars reluctantly. I wish it could have been a four. In terms of people and storytelling, it was splendid. Flappers focused on six women: Josephine Baker, Tallulah Bankhead, Diana Cooper, Nancy Cunard, Zelda Fitzgerald, and Tamara de Lempicka. I had only heard of two of them before so it was a learning experience for me. I liked the diversity of these women's stories. Diana and Nancy were English-born aristocrats, Zelda and Tallulah Alabama belles, Tamara a Russian refuge in Paris and Josephine a refuge from racism in the U.S., and yet all of them together embody just who the flapper really was. Nancy's story was probably the most compelling to me, but I also enjoyed knowing more about Zelda and Josephine. The only problem with Flappers is that the number of women profiled cuts away from the time spent on each. The stories are inter-cut together, and I would have rather had one story completely told and then move on to another profile. I would forget what had happened in the last part of one woman's story since it had been a few chapters of information away. I also deducted points because while Flappers was meticulously detailed, it also lagged on a bit. The number of side people and details could have been cut down a bit.

I'd recommend Flappers if the things I just mentioned don't bother you.