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lucyreadsfbe8a's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Sexual content
Moderate: Alcoholism, Rape, and Suicidal thoughts
nicolaparty's review against another edition
4.5
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Car accident, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Grief, Sexual content, Suicide, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death of parent, Alcoholism, and Rape
Minor: Blood, Body shaming, Fatphobia, Incest, Misogyny, and Suicidal thoughts
darkmattersoybean's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Suicide, Panic attacks/disorders, Eating disorder, Child abuse, Body shaming, Alcoholism, and Adult/minor relationship
ciarrav's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexism, Self harm, Rape, Misogyny, Infidelity, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Alcoholism, and Suicide
angharad's review against another edition
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Toxic relationship, Sexual content, Pedophilia, Infidelity, Grief, and Eating disorder
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Drug use, and Suicide
amaal_s's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit
leahlovesloslibros's review against another edition
3.0
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Addiction, Death, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Infidelity, Rape, Self harm, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, and Pedophilia
Minor: Cancer
writtenontheflyleaves's review against another edition
4.75
🌟🌟🌟🌟✨
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This was one of my last reads of 2020 and it ended the reading year on a high!
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🗣 The concept: Lisa Taddeo weaves together the stories of three real women, whose lives she believes reveal something buried and true about women’s desires. The research here is unbelievably deep, and it gives the book the quality of a novel as you read it - it feels hyper-real almost, as Taddeo takes you inside the minds of these women in a way you don’t expect from non fiction. Lina, who is having an affair; Maggie, who was seduced by her teacher as a teen, and Sloane, who has sex with other men while her husband watches.
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Here’s the thing about this book: I thought it was a masterpiece. I have my reservations about some of it - for instance, Taddeo seems fundamentally sceptical of supportive relationships between women, and in general any book that purports to reveal truths about Women’s Desires I take with a grain of salt. Still, overall it was beautiful and complex and viscerally real.
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However. I would also never recommend this book to anyone unless I knew them very well - the nature of the stories here, in combination with the writing style, could make this a really disturbing read.
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❤️ Read it if you like creative nonfiction and stories that render teenage girlhood in a way that makes you ache inside. Maggie’s story in particular really tugged at me.
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🚫 Avoid it if you’re looking for something light or optimistic, and if you’re avoiding stories that deal with rape, eating disorders, adult/minor relationships, and suicidal thoughts. Honestly if you’re avoiding any particular trigger I’d research this book before reading - @the.storygraph has a content warnings section so start there!
Graphic: Panic attacks/disorders, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Adult/minor relationship, Mental illness, Eating disorder, Suicide, and Sexual content
beebeetlebee's review against another edition
4.75
Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Eating disorder, Suicide, Vomit, Toxic relationship, Rape, and Misogyny