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I'm Afraid of Men by Vivek Shraya

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iridescentjemz's review against another edition

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5.0

A fascinating, brave, raw, honest and intimate memoir.

Vivek navigates through her experiences of misogyny, transphobia, homophobia and racism and how it shapes her gender expression and sexuality through the various stages of her life and how it impacted on her life and her relationships with the people around her whether they were romantic partners, family, friends or strangers.

Also an interesting perspective on how low the bar is for men and the standards expected of them and the myth of the “good man”. I don’t usually like memoirs but I really enjoyed this.

kriste_reading_journey's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

dancingbibliophile's review

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dark informative reflective fast-paced

3.5

fionak's review against another edition

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3.0

I feel like the entire book was the author trying to figure out what to say and the last two pages might have made a good start to a more interesting book. Shraya's choice to use second person narration and create emotional distance really ruins the tone; there's hardly any real sharing here.