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laurahedd's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infidelity, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
esbarnard_'s review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
olivea21db's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Pedophilia, Child abuse, Sexual assault, and Sexual content
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
tabitha_isabelle's review against another edition
2.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship
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
laurawileman's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Suicide attempt, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Self harm
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
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