A review by mateoj
Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose by Leigh Cowart

adventurous challenging informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

just delightful — vulnerable, honest, informative, and funny. a difficult balance to strike in  journalistic nonfiction, but Hurts So Good does it very well. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Mental illness, Cursing, Eating disorder, Self harm, and Sexual content

Minor: Body shaming, Medical trauma, Emotional abuse, and Excrement