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jamieleepilk's review against another edition
2.0
Going in I thought this would be a straight forward non-fiction look at female desire, focusing on the lives of three women. What I got was a book that is three women's stories regurgitated in a way that makes them read like fiction, the writing itself was emotive, raw and extremely well crafted but it just fell a little flat? I was unsure as the point of the book as I didn't seem to actually be about female desire at all. It was hard to read a lot of this book seen as it contains a lot of trauma, assault and abuse.
I feel like the goal for this book was brilliant but the execution less so. I would have probably much preferred it to be more like the Prologue and the Epilogue, reading the Prologue I thought that this was what I was in for and I was excited but sadly for me it did go downhill from there.
I will say that I can see Taddeo's writing talent and I will most likely be picking up her fictional novel that is out later this year to see if that is better suited to what I was after. I'm gutted that this fell flat for me after all the sparkling reviews and recommendations.
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Bullying
Minor: Blood
devikapha's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Body shaming, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Grief, Infidelity, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Stalking, and Toxic relationship
holliejoy's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Body shaming, Blood, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Grief, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship
onion's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual violence, Sexism, Toxic relationship, Infidelity, Eating disorder, Body shaming, Bullying, Alcoholism, and Adult/minor relationship
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Panic attacks/disorders, Emotional abuse, Car accident, and Death of parent
bowmand11's review against another edition
2.0
Moderate: Sexual violence and Sexual assault
katehoward's review against another edition
1.0
If Taddeo took the time to seek out experts, psychologist, or sociologist, to give commentary and analysis would have elevated allowing the reader to gain knowledge about the psychology of desire rather than just stories of other peoples sex lives. For example, if Taddeo brought in a psychologist the specializes in sexual assault or post-traumatic stress disorder to talk about how the trauma of being a victim of pedophilia can echo throughout ones life and the effects in has on desire later in life would have added more substance to the book.
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, and Rape
Moderate: Alcoholism, Car accident, Death, and Death of parent
Minor: Incest
marcellemf's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Rape, Pedophilia, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Adult/minor relationship, and Suicide
meghanvolkman's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Car accident, Child abuse, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Toxic relationship
darkmattersoybean's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Body shaming, Alcoholism, and Adult/minor relationship
ciarrav's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Rape, Misogyny, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, and Suicide