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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