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anmoore's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.0
lisamchuk's review against another edition
4.0
Interesting! Backed up with enough research to sound legitimate, but not too much to bog it down. The humour was on target, and not too annoying or flippant. I learned a few things, laughed a little, and was motivated to keep reading. All in all, time well spent.
fabacious's review against another edition
4.0
A book that looks into scientific research studies and experiments about sex throughout the years. Written with delightful wit and humor, this book was both informative as well as entertaining and at times, stomach churning too.
bookish_5280's review against another edition
5.0
A family friend recommended this book, and I went into it thinking that it would just be a regurgitation of the usual "sex ed" topics. NOPE. This book is one of the funniest, most fascinating non-fiction works I've ever read. I was laughing on every page, and learned so so much about the history of sex research. Will be recommending this to others lol
art3mis9's review against another edition
4.0
I usually don't read non fiction books, as they are dry and boring and just say University of so and so did this, Something University did that. However, with this book, it was read as if someone was telling you a great story. The author is funny and witty though it was still very informative and interesting.
midici's review against another edition
4.0
This was a wonderfully funny, informative, insightful book on the science of sex. Or maybe more like the history behind sex research. Unlike several science non-fiction books, Mary Roach has no problem inserting her own opinions or hilarious impressions into the work, which I love. I also love the plethora of hilarious footnotes.
It's a subject matter that has been taboo for decades: delicate, difficult to fund, hard to discuss in general. Not to mention the difficulties in trying to get research subjects. Mary Roach travels all over, investigating all the bland, coy-sounding, near impossible to track down bits of scientific research and reveals it all in Bonk.
I'm definitely going to be on the look out for more of her books.
It's a subject matter that has been taboo for decades: delicate, difficult to fund, hard to discuss in general. Not to mention the difficulties in trying to get research subjects. Mary Roach travels all over, investigating all the bland, coy-sounding, near impossible to track down bits of scientific research and reveals it all in Bonk.
I'm definitely going to be on the look out for more of her books.
katieinca's review against another edition
2.0
There were some four star chapters, but there were more twos. Having already read [b:Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life|22609341|Come as You Are The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life|Emily Nagoski|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1421037685s/22609341.jpg|42099345], there were lots of places I wanted her to keep pushing past the "what" or "how" of physiology and into more of the "why." And I liked the other Roach book I've read, [b:Spook: Science Tackles the Afterlife|14990|Spook Science Tackles the Afterlife|Mary Roach|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1401287778s/14990.jpg|2398507], because I do like how she injects humor - and herself - into the subject. But too much of the humor fell flat here, either because the targets were problematic (people with unusual sexual proclivities mostly, and once a dead child), or they felt like a junior high response to discomfort. And there was a lot of "so what?" - as in "why did this not get left on the chopping block?"