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Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body by Sara Pascoe

stebo24's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring mysterious medium-paced

4.0

katielauramc's review against another edition

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funny informative medium-paced

3.75

marthahope's review against another edition

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3.0

This was good and I liked it.

indiarosey's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

lydiastorytime's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful informative

5.0

Wonderful book! So much information I wish I knew for years. This book should be required reading in high school. This book is helpful and informative without being boring or defeating. Thank you Sarah for this book.

ali_w15's review against another edition

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4.0

A necessary book that would be really useful for older teenagers/young adults to read. Covered a wide variety of topics but seemed a bit confused as to what it actually was genre wise. Parts of it were really powerful and emotional. Other parts felt a bit like a lecture and were a bit patronizing. Definitely worth a read. An essential take on important issues that are often swept under the carpet. Well researched too.

dysexic's review against another edition

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challenging funny informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

freyah2's review against another edition

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funny informative medium-paced

4.25

hannah_reads_sometimes's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

I’m an avid listener to the Weirdos Bookclub podcast so I already knew I loved Sara, but this is a younger and new to writing Sara so I was less sure how as a comedian she would cover female issues, but she does a wonderful job. The book is separated into three parts, love, body and consent and all are handled in a thoughtful, caring and respectful way while still being funny too. I learned a lot and feel like this is a great jumping off point. 

songsaboutghosts's review against another edition

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5.0

I thought this was an excellent book. It showed me a completely different angle from which to examine the concept of love, introduced me to many new theories, and discussed many relevant feminist and social issues. It was very personal and moving, and all the while it was insightful and amusing. I thoroughly enjoyed the read, and would recommend it to anyone who has ever been told something they said is sexist and they didn't understand why, or anyone who thinks females or love or consent are worth thinking a bit more about.