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loki_io_23's review against another edition
challenging
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
3.75
sourpatchsims's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
2.0
Alternating between interesting and what I would consider unnecessarily alarmist, this book had too wide a focus for my taste. I very much enjoyed the evolutionary history and current biology of breasts but found most of the info about the negative impacts of modern industrialized society too much. I'm all for caution with molecules we don't know the effects of yet and very much in favor of reducing plastic usage overall but felt that this book hammered a specific agenda a bit hard on those parts and used information in a way that could easily be misconstrued without a pretty solid understanding of biochemistry and toxicology.
jmbernacki's review against another edition
5.0
Really enjoyed this book. Interesting and informative (although a bit anxiety-producing). Definitely recommend!
blayrrison's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
slow-paced
3.0
mollysticks's review against another edition
3.0
Fascinating read. Both formula and breastfeeding are bad for babies is what I got from this book due to chemicals that cause breast cancer...
bluestjuice's review against another edition
3.0
This turned out to be a fascinating but supremely depressing read. Williams approaches the topic of breasts from a scientific angle as a journalist, beginning with the argument over their evolutionary framework and then delving into the science of breast cancer, lactation, and how breast tissue responds to environmental and internal stimuli such as hormones and chemicals. It's all very interesting, but each subsequent chapter left me feeling more and more doomed - coming to the conclusion that William reaches: that personal lifestyle choices are all very well, but aren't necessarily enough in the face of widespread systemic issues. Me and my breasts feel kind of screwed right now.
cry_k's review against another edition
5.0
I think this is an important book with information that all women should know about. I learned so many things about this important part of our anatomy...many things science is only recently coming to understand--how breasts develop, why we have them (yes, for breast-feeding, but there's a lot of cool stuff about that), how they're being affected by the environment, breast cancer, etc. The author supports her statements with the science, and writes in a very interesting and accessible way.
lolagreen's review against another edition
2.0
This book was not what I thought it was going to be. I love reading about research and what scientist have discovered about our quickly changing lifestyles and how it's impacting us in unimaginable ways. But the most frustrating thing about this book was the lack of consistency. She would write about one persons research and then turn around and use contradicting research to disprove it. I understand that it's just how science is. One big, expensive gathering of conflicting data. But if you know the research has no consensus, then why write a book on that topic? To scare your readers not to trust anything but also have no concrete reason NOT to trust it?
subtextual's review against another edition
When I was in the 7th grade, a teacher told me I was going to get skin cancer. This book is like if that experience took hundreds of pages.