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pmhandley's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Zane does not hold back, which should be obvious from the title. You are getting full raunchy retellings in graphic detail. In between all that, it's pretty educational and also funny.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, and Vomit
jess_always_reading's review against another edition
challenging
reflective
fast-paced
2.0
I have so many complicated feelings about this book. It's challenging to the norm and provocative for sure. I can't say I love Zane's perspective on some things though I acknowledge that as a Bi+ woman I'm not necessarily the target audience. I think most of all I struggle with some of the absolutes he uses to describe the bisexual community when we are as diverse as any other group with varying experiences and intersectional identities.
Additionally, the way some of the book is presented is very informative/sex education focussed while other aspects are more memoir/opinion based. This is challenging because it runs the risk of folks conflating the two and taking unique experience or opinion as absolute fact.
5/10 would recommend (with a critical lens)
Additionally, the way some of the book is presented is very informative/sex education focussed while other aspects are more memoir/opinion based. This is challenging because it runs the risk of folks conflating the two and taking unique experience or opinion as absolute fact.
5/10 would recommend (with a critical lens)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Sexual content, and Transphobia
Minor: Rape and Sexual assault
thepassivebookworm's review against another edition
challenging
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Drug use, Sexual content, and Medical content
Moderate: Biphobia, Homophobia, Transphobia, and Vomit
peachprince's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
3.0
Witty and fast-paced in a way that is indicative of the author's background as a sex columnist. Made for a fun, easy read on a long trip for me, but he easily could have doubled the length of the book with more introspection, data, lascivious personal stories, theory, or some combination of the above. The highlights are when he goes into his personal history, relationships, and evolving sexual identity. I especially appreciated his account of how his OCD and sex drive intermingle. The weakest by far are the segments where he tries to discuss gender and sexuality politics. His analysis is very surface-level and sometimes even wrong (no, Zack, straight people are not homophobic because of gay people joking that straight people are secretly gay). He's also kind of weird about trans people. Not in a hateful way, just in a way that makes me suspect he didn't have a trans person read all of this before it was published.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Homophobia, Mental illness, Sexual content, and Medical content
Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Vomit, and Alcohol
Minor: Fatphobia, Racism, Transphobia, and Dysphoria
bashsbooks's review against another edition
funny
informative
fast-paced
3.5
Boyslut is a joyful burst of bisexual man power! It was really refreshing to read someone writing so candidly and openly about sex, and so honestly about his journey coming to terms with his sexuality. Zane is also incredibly funny, and he seems really knowledgable in his niches of bisexuality and queer men having sex. The portion about condom usage, STIs, and casual sex between men was nothing short of revolutionary. That chapter blew my mind. It was hands-down my favorite part of the book, and the one that I think is a must-read.
Zane's understanding of gender falls a little flat in this book, though. He (rightfully) points out the bisexuality isn't transphobic, and he notes that many discussions about sex and sexuality leave out nonbinary folks. But his gender thoughts don't go much deeper, and that causes some awkward and problematic remarks that pepper the entire books (like referring to trans women's tits as fake tits - trans women can grow their own tits, bro! or calling lesser-known sexualities, like omnisexual or fraysexual, neopronouns - I'm not sure where this mistake comes from?? But it is, nonetheless, a mistake.)
Zane's understanding of gender falls a little flat in this book, though. He (rightfully) points out the bisexuality isn't transphobic, and he notes that many discussions about sex and sexuality leave out nonbinary folks. But his gender thoughts don't go much deeper, and that causes some awkward and problematic remarks that pepper the entire books (like referring to trans women's tits as fake tits - trans women can grow their own tits, bro! or calling lesser-known sexualities, like omnisexual or fraysexual, neopronouns - I'm not sure where this mistake comes from?? But it is, nonetheless, a mistake.)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Biphobia, Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual content, Vomit, and Alcohol
Moderate: Body shaming, Drug use, Fatphobia, Racism, Toxic relationship, Medical content, and Sexual harassment
Minor: Misogyny and Excrement
-Anti-queer slurs -Discussions of extreme kinks -STIs