Reviews

Whip Smart by Melissa Febos

fantasynovel's review against another edition

interesting but she didn't have to be that racist

weirdefruit's review

dark emotional reflective medium-paced

3.5

moreglittermorefur's review

4.0

I was impressed by learning about brown showers in detail.

stine_0's review

emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0

catlyn_brooke's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark informative reflective tense medium-paced

3.75

lue_moon's review against another edition

1.75

Eh. Could have gone without reading this and been the same as having read it. It was interesting enough that I felt compelled to see it through to the end, but I should have stopped after the blatent, completely pointless racism like 28 pages in. Was really more a story about addiction with a bunch of kink-shaming thrown in.

lsparrow's review

2.0

I will have to think more about what it was that I didnt like about this book. Perhaps that initially I felt there was little reflection into her actions and later it seemed a lot more judgemental of her actions. Perhaps I was hoping for something that fell more inbetween.

jess13jess's review

reflective medium-paced

4.0

rebeconda's review

3.0

Febos’ memoir about working as a dominatrix and getting sober had moments of being completely overwhelming to my nervous system - I had to stop to take a few breaths as she described the mechanics of a brown shower, for example. As I sit with the book as a whole, I understand the more critical reviews while also feeling stunned by the intimacy of her writing. It was certainly unforgettable.

mmauze's review

adventurous dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0