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A review by jashegerova
Women Don't Owe You Pretty by Florence Given
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4.5*/5
First off, i picked this book up because of how insanely beautiful it is. So colourful! So fun! Great illustrations! I thought this would mostly reiterate things I’ve already heard or read but needed a pick me up. And sure, it was occasionally on the preachy-feminist side, but actually this book is full of wonderful, good stuff (v eloquent, i know) - it mostly consists of the most positive of peptalks i’ve ever heard, a “best of” of all the tirades you hear drunken girls give their friends in club bathrooms. Some bits made me actually say HUH outloud; if i was a cartoon character there’d be a lightbulb turning on above my head a couple of times while i read this book. Most of all, i wish to god this book was around when i was younger - might’ve prevented me from being such a catty bitch/bad friend on many occasions. I will for sure be hitting my friends over the head with it for the foreseeable future. Thanks Florence!
First off, i picked this book up because of how insanely beautiful it is. So colourful! So fun! Great illustrations! I thought this would mostly reiterate things I’ve already heard or read but needed a pick me up. And sure, it was occasionally on the preachy-feminist side, but actually this book is full of wonderful, good stuff (v eloquent, i know) - it mostly consists of the most positive of peptalks i’ve ever heard, a “best of” of all the tirades you hear drunken girls give their friends in club bathrooms. Some bits made me actually say HUH outloud; if i was a cartoon character there’d be a lightbulb turning on above my head a couple of times while i read this book. Most of all, i wish to god this book was around when i was younger - might’ve prevented me from being such a catty bitch/bad friend on many occasions. I will for sure be hitting my friends over the head with it for the foreseeable future. Thanks Florence!