This is typically a book which I would never had read if I hadn't received it as part of a subscription to a book club. That definitely illustrates the positive side of such a club, because the book is well worth reading and I learnt all sorts of things that I would not have otherwise known. In particular, the sections about Dutch society in the 70s and 80s (before I moved here) and from the perspective of someone a generation above me were interesting.
The book is written very straightforwardly and easy to read. It is quite lengthy, considering it is apparently the first of a trilogy. For example, the long accounts of failed relationships are not so interesting.
As with any autobiography, the book of course presents things very much from the perspective of the author. That is fine, so long as the reader doesn't think that they are reading objective history. For example, the techniques like the birthing stool that she introduced were perhaps not so universally welcomed by women as portrayed here.