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Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski

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aislinghelen's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

This was incredibly well written, it’s understandable to a general audience, helpful and at points very relatable. I love that it was told with anecdotes as well as science and wasn’t just all about sex but general things to help.

I think this is a must read for everyone but especially women. It deals with myths about sexuality, gender, how deal with stress, stress in general, relationships (romantic, sexual, friendships and with your self and your body).

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saramgood's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

Quotes to live by! You are normal. Suffering is not a virtue and pleasure is not a sin.

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bootsmom3's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

4.0

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ems_rxlibrary's review against another edition

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informative fast-paced

4.5

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millem's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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lizziaha's review against another edition

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4.0

Slightly outside the target audience for this book, but good info nonetheless.

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charley0796's review against another edition

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emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

Very informative and helpful read, even by a woman who thought they were clued up on sex! I did find the metaphors and flowery language annoying at times, it made some things harder rather than easier for my brain to
Understand. There’s lots here I will make use of personally and when working with assault as a therapist

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jcinf's review against another edition

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inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.5

For nonfiction, I really enjoyed this. I’m not a nonfiction girly, so it did take me a little while to get through.

But the narrator (I believe the author narrated) was really engaging. She had a great tone. Fun when it was time to be fun and serious when necessary, too.

SA (s*exual ass*ult) trigger warning. But those parts were super well written. I appreciated how she didn’t linger on those parts too long. It felt just enough to inform without being triggering.

My main complaint is that it felt redundant at times. Tho I can understand that she may have been redundant bc the whole point of the book is to shift narratives surrounding AFAB/women/femme people’s sex lives. And it’s hard to shift narratives rooted is misogyny with just a few sentences.

Main topics I loved:
• dropping the shame around sex
• normalizing a diversity labias
• understanding your style of desire — spontaneous or responsive
• changing your expectations of yourself during sex

Highly recommend to anyone like me, who gets in their head during sex sometimes.

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yourbookishbff's review against another edition

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hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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miss_vonnegut's review against another edition

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informative medium-paced

5.0

This book is honestly life-changing, and not just in relation to sex. While it's geared towards cis women, a lot of the content applies across all genders and I would highly recommend it to anyone who's interested in sex. We're taught so much about human sexuality that's incorrect, and this book works to rectify that. There's a lot of discussion about the biology, psychology, and sociology of sex--a lot of which I had no idea about before reading this. I honestly think the world would be a better place if this was required reading. Please, please please go read it.

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