When I read the synopsis of the book on NetGalley, I imagined a romance set during a specific period of British industrial development. The book delivers the second part but not the romance - for a novel that mentions the love interest of the MC as title, it lacked emotion, romance, real-life dialogues, or anything that makes a story likable. I understand this is the story of the author himself but I wish he had given more life to people and spent less time talking about the development of Ford industry and uncountable stoppages and strikes. I appreciated that it talked about the fight of women for equal pay and work laws.⁣

I believe a book with a not-interesting plot could be saved by good or exceptional writing, however it was not the case with "She Wore a Yellow Dress". The feeling I had while reading this book was that I was reading a series of events in the MC life, as if he was writing down every happening, but without emotion - it all read as "I did this", "she said that", "we expected that", and this became very boring after the first 70 pages. Because of this, I also couldn't connect well with the characters and didn't find any very likable.

I believe this book might be interesting for many people, especially people who live in the UK, work in the car industry or enjoy bird-watching. The main mistake of this novel was being marketed and sold as a romance, when it has actually a very niche-driven plot that might not be appealing to any type of reader.