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Hurts So Good: The Science and Culture of Pain on Purpose by Leigh Cowart
3 reviews
arlangrey17's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, and Vomit
lily1304's review
adventurous
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
I ripped through this book so fast. I loved it.
I was worried the author would be a little too flippant, but she is very clear from the outset that "pain on purpose" can be really healthy or unhealthy, and she devotes a chapter to exploring the difference.
My only complaint is that some of her chapters are a little too long, and I wish she had clear citations with a bibliography - but this is pop science, so she gives brief in-text citations.
Massive trigger warning for both BDSM and eating disorders - she gives extremely vivid descriptions of both.
I was worried the author would be a little too flippant, but she is very clear from the outset that "pain on purpose" can be really healthy or unhealthy, and she devotes a chapter to exploring the difference.
My only complaint is that some of her chapters are a little too long, and I wish she had clear citations with a bibliography - but this is pop science, so she gives brief in-text citations.
Massive trigger warning for both BDSM and eating disorders - she gives extremely vivid descriptions of both.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Self harm, Sexual content, Blood, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, 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