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Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose by Leigh Cowart
4 reviews
daniellekat's review
Loved the premise, but with each page I hate the author a little more. The writing is repetitive and Cowart takes every opportunity to use as many words as possible to state a point. This reminded me a lot of the writing of Caitlin Doughty (very "I'm quirky and witty so let me write a book") - not a good thing in my case, but if you're a fan of CD this might be for you. I did enjoy that this made me think about pain in ways I hadn't previously considered, but there is no way I get through another 150+ pages with Cowart.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Cursing
Minor: Child abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Self harm
krisalexcole's review against another edition
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Sexual content, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use, Gore, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Alcohol
Minor: Cursing
joricottone's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
medium-paced
4.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Eating disorder, Vomit, and Injury/Injury detail
mateoj's review
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.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Cursing, Drug use, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Excrement, and Medical trauma