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rebeccacarolyn's review against another edition
3.0
Is this book important? Yes. Do I recommend it? Yes. Is it well written? Maybe, but is it well-edited? No. This is one of the most repetitive books I’ve ever read, often with verbatim sentences. It could have been cut down by 30% without losing anything. I wanted to love this book, but I felt as if I was just reading the same chapter over and over again.
aliconway's review against another edition
2.5
This book was validating but not very informative.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Medical trauma, Suicidal thoughts, and Chronic illness
southernbellebooks's review against another edition
5.0
As someone with a recent diagnosis of endometriosis, dysmenorrhea, pelvic floor dysfunction, and dyspareunia but a sufferer for 15 years, this book hit so close to home. I want everyone around me to have a copy so they can understand what it is I go through. I shared so many of the same struggles as Lara and like she said, this diagnosis can be so isolating. Lara is breaking down that “shh, you can’t talk about!” barrier and gosh, it felt good. I can’t recommend this book enough. Whether you’re a warrior or Endometriosis, Pelvic Floor Dysfunction, Vulvar Vestibulitis, Interstitial Cystitis, Dyspareunia, Premenstrual dysphoric disorder, Adenomyosis. Dysmenorrhea, Ovarian Cysts, and Fibrocystic breasts, or you know someone who is, please read this book to better understand yourself or the people you love!!
catherinepaddon's review against another edition
1.75
Much more suited to a short form essay. This was about 100 pages longer than it needed to be.
rachkoch's review against another edition
a very important book but the writing is like truly terrible. it reads like a poorly edited buzzfeed article.
ofhadria's review against another edition
1.0
I empathise with her but I wasn't even halfway and decided that I need to stop reading because it's just a story repeating itself over and over again
clarkf87's review against another edition
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5.0
“Vagina Problems: Endometriosis, Painful Sex, and Other Taboo Topics” by Lana Parker
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“The time to start talking openly and honestly about Vagina Problems is long past due.”
^^^AMEN!
Lara is a HERO. She is angry and blunt in this memoir about her chronic reproductive pain, but who has time for bullshit when she’s been bullshitted for over a decade by the very doctors who were supposed to help her?
I cannot imagine living with the level of pain she has experienced her entire life. The things she has missed out on due to her chronic illness are unbelievable. You’d think she lived on another planet without any form of healthcare.
I suffer from a couple of the Vagina Problems she has, but the level this has affected her life is monumental and my heart breaks for her and all of us living in chronic pain.
I am so grateful she uses her voice to speak for the rest of us who also struggle to be heard and believed by the medical world. IT SHOULD NOT BE THIS HARD TO FIND SOLUTIONS TO THE ISSUES IN WOMEN’S BODIES. PERIOD—!
“On average, it takes 7 to 10 doctors’ visits for someone to be diagnosed with endometriosis. And if they are finally diagnosed they are then given just a small handful of options, most of which cost thousands of dollars or come with hefty side effects, and none of which is a cure.” 💯
“When you have vagina problems, it’s hard to think about anything else. And quite honestly, I don’t think we should have to. This book is for everyone who has ever experienced any kind of Vagina Problems. I hear you. I see you. And I believe you.” 📣
teetee3614's review against another edition
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5.0