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annaj55's review against another edition
3.0
Thought provoking, but I didn't agree with all of Gay's opinions - like the part on trigger warnings. Really appreciated that she decided to include the part about the Utøya tragedy.
calixita's review against another edition
4.0
made me think which is exactly what I look for in a collection of essays.
ejones_'s review against another edition
3.0
3.5. I enjoy short essays/stories/blog series, which is part of the reason I was drawn to this book. However, there were some notably uninteresting chapters in this essay series. Equally, there were some fascinating entries. The notion of being a bad feminist is confusing in this book as Gay seems to argue against essential feminism but then concedes to it but admitting that she is a "bad feminist" because she does not match the very essential feminism she is trying to dismantle. There are some great thoughts and opinions across this book and I would recommend, but it is certainly not the best thing I have ever read.
lalalareesa's review against another edition
3.0
3.5. I want to be best friends with Roxane. She is so interesting and funny and thoughtful and real. however, I would have LOVED this book is she cut like one-third of the essays. she has moments of brilliance - I laughed, thought hard, and learned. but a lot of the "gender and sexuality" pieces didn't resonate with me. they were long winded, hypocritical and filled with obscure references.
lazwright's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
medium-paced
3.75
leppa13's review against another edition
4.0
PHEW this was a book and a half! Roxane Gay is intelligent, witty, honest, and leaves no stone unturned. i really enjoyed reading all of her essays - the ones based on her personal life made me really fall in love with her as a person and author, and then getting to read her dissection of much more dense material was thought-provoking, challenged my perspective on issues and shed light to one’s i’ll never personally experience. i learned a lot and enjoyed thinking harder about certain problems that exist in todays world. regardless of the heavy material, Roxane Gay still made me laugh and remained a consistently raw and candid narrative, calling out her own contradictions and flaws. 10/10 would recommend!!!
fpitt's review against another edition
3.0
I really liked it though there are some parts of the book that i felt didn't belong and were totally unnecessary.
fungusfather's review against another edition
3.0
i also love having many opinions on pop culture, thank u roxane