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strawb3rry_moon's review against another edition
4.0
Me hubiera gustado un análisis más profundo del libro, la estructura de los capítulos me confundía mucho.
msilkwolfe's review
4.0
It took me a while to decide how many stars to give this (tough decisions, eh?!). Going with the lower half of four stars. It did a great job showing how varied female desire can be, and the circumstances that inevitably come along with that. It showcased three women, and while the three stories differ from each other, I'd have loved to see it with MORE women. And of COURSE with non-white women. It definitely lost a star for me by not highlighting any women of color. What I also missed was a further discussion on these issues/this topic. It did this somewhat in the epilogue, but I would've wished that was more of a highlight of the text. Great for starting a conversation, though. I finished and instantly wanted to find people to discuss it with!
kmadnick90's review against another edition
5.0
It boggles my mind that this book is consistently rated 1 star by people, but something like My Dark Vanessa regularly gets rated 5 stars. (I rated them both 5 stars).
Real life is ugly and gritty and uncomfortable, and if you don't like it, why buy it?
My biggest thought is that this book would be better received if it was marketed as fiction, or if it wasn't marketed as a book about women's desires, despite the fact that it WAS a book about three women's desires (just not ENTIRELY sexual desires).
ANYWAY 5 stars. Writing on point. Life stories on point. Lina made me want to slam my face against the wall so she was written well enough for me to say "girl just go to therapy" fifty times. I finished this last week and I still wake up every morning saying "f*** Aaron" and throwing my heart out to Maggie so I'd say the book achieved what it set out to do.
Real life is ugly and gritty and uncomfortable, and if you don't like it, why buy it?
My biggest thought is that this book would be better received if it was marketed as fiction, or if it wasn't marketed as a book about women's desires, despite the fact that it WAS a book about three women's desires (just not ENTIRELY sexual desires).
ANYWAY 5 stars. Writing on point. Life stories on point. Lina made me want to slam my face against the wall so she was written well enough for me to say "girl just go to therapy" fifty times. I finished this last week and I still wake up every morning saying "f*** Aaron" and throwing my heart out to Maggie so I'd say the book achieved what it set out to do.
lastpaige111's review
3.0
Brave, but … One of the stories is beautifully rendered and gut wrenching. The other two? TMI. It’s a wildly feminist retelling of three women’s sexual experiences. I consider myself to be a feminist, but since when does feminism require an over abundance of the F word? Granted, the explicit retellings are well written, and more than that, selling …
jovtom's review against another edition
4.0
Very eye-opening and insightful. We get a glimpse into the worlds of three different women in different environments with different but also similar issues. It invites you into the inner world of these women so that you can see their thoughts and feelings which lead to certain decisions, behaviors and toxic relationships. The topics are very heavy and sensitive, potentially even triggering. It's heartbreaking in the sense that it portrays three (real) women with a great deal of hardships. It depicts their world views, views on relationships, love, sex and, most importantly, themselves, and the events that shaped those views. They are misunderstood, they are cast aside, they are almost invisibile, and they think they deserve it.
It is not even close to being a light, easy, feel-good read. It is gripping, it is easy to follow, but the subjects are pretty dark. It makes you realize just how bad some women have it, you get to see completely different perspectives than your own (hopefully) and you realize how impactful these awful situations can be for one's psyche. I enjoyed it, I loved it, I cried with it and I think it's absolutely a valuable read.
The structure of the book wasn't my favorite, specifically in the first half. Each chapter is dedicated to one of these three women: Maggie, Sloan and Lina. But Sloan's story is so neglected in the first half that I actually forgot a lot of details from her plot because she just didn't get much "air-time". Overall, it's written in a very simple, to-the-point, direct way without beating around the bush so it's able to tackle these situations and social issues in a very straightforward way.
It is not even close to being a light, easy, feel-good read. It is gripping, it is easy to follow, but the subjects are pretty dark. It makes you realize just how bad some women have it, you get to see completely different perspectives than your own (hopefully) and you realize how impactful these awful situations can be for one's psyche. I enjoyed it, I loved it, I cried with it and I think it's absolutely a valuable read.
The structure of the book wasn't my favorite, specifically in the first half. Each chapter is dedicated to one of these three women: Maggie, Sloan and Lina. But Sloan's story is so neglected in the first half that I actually forgot a lot of details from her plot because she just didn't get much "air-time". Overall, it's written in a very simple, to-the-point, direct way without beating around the bush so it's able to tackle these situations and social issues in a very straightforward way.
kaylamae0415's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0