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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
As someone who identifies outside of the ace spectrum, I didn’t necessarily expect to relate to this book when I first picked up the arc. I am, however, always curious about alternative perspectives when it comes to relationships and sexuality. Especially since my own views on the topic are considered outside of the social norm.
I very much liked how this was laid out, and how it was almost conversational. There was an ease and humour about the explanations that I appreciated as some of the concepts I was familiar with, and others were brand new. I always love an informative book that doesn’t make me feel dumb for not immediately understanding something.
My only real discourse with the novel has to do with: One, the number of fan testimonials to each chaptered subject—the sheer amount was repetitive and too much. And two, that there was a definite subtext of justifying the existence of aspec sexualities as valid sexualities. It seemed unnecessary to me that a book meant to promote an aspec view of sex and relationships would spend so much time attempting to convince its reader that such a view exists, when said reader would most likely already believe that, otherwise why would they pick this book up in the first place?
Overall, an interesting read that I would definitely recommend, especially for anyone interested in examining how social norms affect the formation of gender and sexual identity.
I very much liked how this was laid out, and how it was almost conversational. There was an ease and humour about the explanations that I appreciated as some of the concepts I was familiar with, and others were brand new. I always love an informative book that doesn’t make me feel dumb for not immediately understanding something.
My only real discourse with the novel has to do with: One, the number of fan testimonials to each chaptered subject—the sheer amount was repetitive and too much. And two, that there was a definite subtext of justifying the existence of aspec sexualities as valid sexualities. It seemed unnecessary to me that a book meant to promote an aspec view of sex and relationships would spend so much time attempting to convince its reader that such a view exists, when said reader would most likely already believe that, otherwise why would they pick this book up in the first place?
Overall, an interesting read that I would definitely recommend, especially for anyone interested in examining how social norms affect the formation of gender and sexual identity.