Most patronising review ever?

This:

HOW IT ALL BEGAN
By Penelope Lively
Fig Tree, $35

AMONG English women novelists of the past 100 years, one can identify two major strands. There are the solidly crafted purveyors of domestic complications, with recognisably well-made plots and characters who compel our attention as they propel those plots. Prime exemplars include Elizabeth Taylor (not to be confused withthe late diamond collectress) and Barbara Pym. Then there are the more idiosyncratic, more venturesome likes of Beryl Bainbridge, Penelope Fitzgerald and their high priestess, Ivy Compton-Burnett.

Straddling these two lines is Penelope Lively. Her novels might be rooted in the familiar and the familial, with a keen eye for the revealing detail, but she seems increasingly willing to take risks in storytelling.

From http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/books/links-in-the-chain-of-life-20120120-1q9tw.html#ixzz1lTTdfSOM

is meant to be a positive review.

No prizes for guessing it was written by a man who I suspect was rather proud of being able to name that many english women novelists.