Georgian Star (Great Discoveries Series) Book

It reads as a very very long magazine article vs a book as I expected. For the most part it is That said it is quite an enjoyable read if you have in interest n all things astronomy. The three Herschels have been very important in that field and as a result that means that this book should be of interest.

I have a great admiration for Caroline Herschel and I am so glad that in the last few years she is getting more and more well known in her own right vs just William's sister and helper again Yes again as when alive she was acknowledged as a great astronomer in her own right.

Now having said that why three stars. Well to be honest after about half a book the magazine style becomes tiresome, The listig of things the meandering to the impact, the hips skip jump parts to modern days. All the things that make a magazine article interesting become tiring and boring when continued too long and that is what happens.
Secondly the focus is very much on William Herschel. While in the second half a lot of references are used coming from Caroline she and her career do not get the justice they deserve. Her own brilliance is drawn as really the pupil of William. While she herself would always acknowledge what she learned from her brother I feel that her tenacity and zest for learning, her difficulties as the sister of, and for many years housekeeper/assistant are under reported What she did was very much against the grain and because of that her life should have been given more room. Given the title mentioning both I would have expected and even footing int he book and really she is not given her rightful place IMO

John Herschel is merely a footnote in many ways. In part as the book has a focus on the life of William of course, but still. All of a sudden there are a wife an child, bit of an omission there to mention that too.

All in all I found the book becoming dull toward the end and a struggle to finish, whereas the start had pace, the book becomes more and more a listing of facts vs a story.