The Dry Season: Finding Pleasure in a Year Without Sex by Melissa Febos

4.18 AVERAGE

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erinread's review against another edition

reflective slow-paced
book-clubbed this - found many parts pretty annoying but some of the ideas and reflections were worth sitting with 
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ilicn's review against another edition

4.0
informative inspiring reflective tense medium-paced
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eaholla's review against another edition

5.0
informative inspiring medium-paced
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poofymoi's review against another edition

4.5
emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
lowkey I could write a book about this book I loved this so much 
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joobiereads's review against another edition

5.0
challenging dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad medium-paced
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millbot's review against another edition

4.75
challenging emotional funny informative reflective medium-paced
Engaging, informative, and brutally/compassionately honest and self-aware. Melissa Febos continues to be one of my favorite memoirists, mixing fascinating research with incisive personal, social, and spiritual insights that are both specific and universal. 
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thedameintl's review against another edition

4.0
informative reflective

prizazz's review against another edition

5.0
Well. Damn. This is a very thoughtful book that could  be paired with Cult Classic by Sloane Crosely and In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado. Why do we partner? Are we being good intentional partners? There is also a lot of her experience with addiction which is very informative and I love all the cultural influences and historical references in the text. I learned a lot. And I would read this book again. Maybe once a year.
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kieraisreading's review against another edition

3.0
I enjoyed certain aspects of this memoir. I couldn't personally relate to everything, so at times I felt a bit removed from the content. But ultimately I think that this was an important and useful read about relationships (or the lack of) and their complexities. 

As someone with very different relationship experiences than Febos, I found it interesting to view her own life and navigation through them, as one that is different from my lived experience. I also quite enjoyed Febos's reflective and beautiful prose. 
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emmanoellovato's review against another edition

5.0
dark emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced
loved this so much would recommend to any formerly (?) or currently (?) codependent lesbian