Reviews

Wanting: Women Writing About Desire by Margot Kahn, Kelly McMasters

rebboe's review against another edition

challenging emotional fast-paced

3.5

I am obsessed with the idea behind this book, as well as the diversity in the voices of the essays. I enjoyed a majority of this book and felt incredibly seen as a woman surrounding the topic of desire (not just sexual - btw!)

But some of the writings felt disjointed, or took a long time for me to digest and dive into - which left an overall dull veneer on the entirety of the collection (again with a few exceptions!)

Super interested in the other anthology collections of essays!

lizfran's review

dark emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

fox_bug's review

3.75

the ones that were good were REALLY GOOD but some of them just fell flat 

abbyhoffer's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

3.0

jenn44's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

alulushi's review

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

4.25

colbylball's review

3.0

While there were several essays in the collection that stood out and were really impactful (and I will likely be thinking about them for a while) there were nearly as many that I skimmed over. Very glad I read it though!

kneu_7's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective medium-paced

4.25

whatsamread's review

funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

luiseh's review

3.0

standouts
- sex in the suburbs
- pleasure archive
- see what you do to me
- desire in the city of subdued excitement
- the thief
- from woe to wonder

???
- how i got over: now why would anyone write a detailed biographical account of a man’s life to answer a prompt asking about women’s relationship to desire…
- on not getting what i wanted: obnoxious narrative voice and painfully millenial
- notes toward a history of desire: ms merritt tierce you don’t have to live like this pls seek therapy or have one conversation with a queer woman
coming to be: unhinged