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rachaelwho's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
3.5
Not what I expected from the forward. I'm very curious about the writing of this one and want to look up more info. Incredibly sad and frustrated for all the women. Violently angry for Maggie. All of them, really, but especially angry for Maggie.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Sexual content, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Sexual assault and Suicide
Minor: Alcoholism
maryelizab3th's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.5
buttercupita's review against another edition
3.0
This book was, by turns, fascinating and cringe-y. Three white women's stories are told in alternating chapters with a focus on how female desire can play out in a male dominated society (Spoiler Alert: often not well!) One of the stories -- Maggie's -- became so compelling toward the end that I just skip read the chapters to get to the resolution. The other two never really caught fire for me, and sometimes the writing felt clunky. I spent a lot of the time wondering how these three women were chosen (were they representative of the many stories the author collected or were they selected because they were the most novelistic?) and how they felt about the way their stories were being told.
figz's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
3.75
I enjoyed the concept of this book, and found the women’s stories interesting. I did however find the conclusion of “wow women are complicated, they also like sex and also want to not be tied down” a bit simple and bleh
beefyh's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
5.0
mary__koe's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0