A review by ecari
What Fresh Hell Is This?: Perimenopause, Menopause, Other Indignities, and You by Heather Corinna

3.0

I didn’t technically finish this book - made it to about 65%. I’m very glad this book was written, but it wasn’t really for me. This may be in part that I read it like any book - trying to go straight through from start to finish but it is probably better used as a reference guide. I was incredibly impressed with the author’s inclusivity in her writing and her approach to advice, guidance, support. Extremely powerful their open arms and heart to everyone and each person’s experience. I found the section on the history of how menopause has been framed and how women experiencing it have been treated very interesting (although both depressing and unsurprising). And I feel extremely confident in saying that menopause can vary dramatically from person to person and there is very little one can predict. However in a straight read, the book is very repetitive and I got tired. Still for any person unsure about menopause, this is a good primer - perhaps just not all at once for everyone.

2021 Popsugar Reading Challenge: A prompt from past challenge - a book about something you know nothing about (but of a stretch this one…)