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Sounds Fake But Okay: An Asexual and Aromantic Perspective on Love, Relationships, Sex, and Pretty Much Anything Else
by Kayla Kaszyca, Sarah Costello
A superficial exploration of asexuailty (and aromaticism, although it feels very much like an after thought). I can't say I really got anything out of this book. As others have mentioned, it doesn't have a clear audience and awkwardly addresses the reader as a newbie to this subject, to someone who idenities as aspec.
As someone who identifies as ace/aro and has been curiously reading every published book on the subject I can get my hands on, Sounds Fake But Okay was a bit dull. I didn't realize it was connected to a podcast - a fact that was brought up every chapter. Based on these writings, I'm not particularly interested in listening to the podcast. There's not much new or interesting being offered here. Actually, the most interesting parts were written by survey participants - those short snippet responses were more nuanced and thoughtful then the main writing of the book.
All that said, I don't think this is a terrible book. It could be a useful introduction for young people just beginning to explore their own identity. But for anyone looking for something deeper, more nuanced, or thouht-provoking, this is not it unfortunately.
As someone who identifies as ace/aro and has been curiously reading every published book on the subject I can get my hands on, Sounds Fake But Okay was a bit dull. I didn't realize it was connected to a podcast - a fact that was brought up every chapter. Based on these writings, I'm not particularly interested in listening to the podcast. There's not much new or interesting being offered here. Actually, the most interesting parts were written by survey participants - those short snippet responses were more nuanced and thoughtful then the main writing of the book.
All that said, I don't think this is a terrible book. It could be a useful introduction for young people just beginning to explore their own identity. But for anyone looking for something deeper, more nuanced, or thouht-provoking, this is not it unfortunately.