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3.28 AVERAGE
3.28 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
despite the clickbait i fear i may have written this book
Hahaha wow ok. On the one hand, I think this book got me Officially Over the guy I liked through most of college. I can't pinpoint exactly what it was, but it gave me a much better outlook on the future. Probably because I identified with Blythe in many ways.
On the other hand... I thought the writing was pretty repetitive (a lot of the same references made over and over again) and I got tired of the style after a while. By the time I was two-thirds in, I really wanted the book to just be over and I found my eyes glazing over at times. I will commend this book, though, on the clarity of the humor (??)--in the sense that sometimes jokes/humor doesn't come across over text and I thought that the jokes/humor were pretty clear in this book.
Also, this book was pretty... heterosexual. Which is.... fine. But not really a necessary addition to our heteronormative world? IDK. Blythe acknowledges her position in the introduction so I wasn't expecting it to be anything less or more than that.
On a final positive note, I absolutely laughed out loud at many points in this book. I enjoyed reading it for the most part. But it's definitely not a groundbreaking work on gender and sexuality (but it's also not really trying to be?). The cover and title definitely were what drew me to this book when I saw it on the shelf at the library.
On the other hand... I thought the writing was pretty repetitive (a lot of the same references made over and over again) and I got tired of the style after a while. By the time I was two-thirds in, I really wanted the book to just be over and I found my eyes glazing over at times. I will commend this book, though, on the clarity of the humor (??)--in the sense that sometimes jokes/humor doesn't come across over text and I thought that the jokes/humor were pretty clear in this book.
Also, this book was pretty... heterosexual. Which is.... fine. But not really a necessary addition to our heteronormative world? IDK. Blythe acknowledges her position in the introduction so I wasn't expecting it to be anything less or more than that.
On a final positive note, I absolutely laughed out loud at many points in this book. I enjoyed reading it for the most part. But it's definitely not a groundbreaking work on gender and sexuality (but it's also not really trying to be?). The cover and title definitely were what drew me to this book when I saw it on the shelf at the library.
Read too many negative reviews and didn’t like the start
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
emotional
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
Obviously, the hilarity of the title alone is what made me want to read this book so badly.
This was funny, thoughtful, sweet, honest, and reflective. I think it's an informative book that many, many women who date men could benefit from (although, it's told through a pretty white lens, so it probably won't hit for everyone)
Also I'm a lesbian now.
This was funny, thoughtful, sweet, honest, and reflective. I think it's an informative book that many, many women who date men could benefit from (although, it's told through a pretty white lens, so it probably won't hit for everyone)
Also I'm a lesbian now.
First, I don’t hate men. Second, I am not looking to get dating advice from a book. So I’m not the target audience, I guess? But I picked it up because it had a funny title, and a quote from Stephen Colbert on the back, and when I started flipping through it, it had some parts funny enough that I took a picture and texted them to friends.
It’s a good flipping through book. Actually reading it, though, gets to be more and more of a slog the further you get. There are some genuinely funny bits. But there is a lot more repetition about how the male patriarchy has ruined everything, and especially is getting in the way of her kissing as many people as she would like to be kissing. Also, she’s 27, and says up front that she’s never been in a real relationship. So she’s not exactly writing from the voice of experience. Which, again, I’m not expecting a book to be a lot of help, but it just seems like more than your average amount of hubris to write a how-to book on something you haven’t successfully done? And she uses the words “honestly” and “explicitly” over and over, along with a lot of exclamation marks.
It’s a good flipping through book. Actually reading it, though, gets to be more and more of a slog the further you get. There are some genuinely funny bits. But there is a lot more repetition about how the male patriarchy has ruined everything, and especially is getting in the way of her kissing as many people as she would like to be kissing. Also, she’s 27, and says up front that she’s never been in a real relationship. So she’s not exactly writing from the voice of experience. Which, again, I’m not expecting a book to be a lot of help, but it just seems like more than your average amount of hubris to write a how-to book on something you haven’t successfully done? And she uses the words “honestly” and “explicitly” over and over, along with a lot of exclamation marks.
emotional
funny
reflective
fast-paced