kilcannon's review
2.0
I like how I never listen to audiobooks, and the one I chose contains extensive shaming of me for doing so.
No, really, that was a part I liked. The parts I didn't like were other parts.
No, really, that was a part I liked. The parts I didn't like were other parts.
carmenrd's review
1.0
Tenía ganas de leer este libro pero no me ha gustado nada.
No se si es por los chistes sobre referencias super concretas de la política y la sociedad británica que hacen que el humor se pierda en la traducción, pero no me ha parecido nada gracioso. Entiendo que el principal tema del libro es el feminismo pero sin embargo he tenido la sensación de estar leyendo 100 páginas sobre el curriculum vitae de la autora mezclado con chistes malisimos (¿un capitulo entero hablando de un pedo?) y con un 3% de temas feministas.
No se si es por los chistes sobre referencias super concretas de la política y la sociedad británica que hacen que el humor se pierda en la traducción, pero no me ha parecido nada gracioso. Entiendo que el principal tema del libro es el feminismo pero sin embargo he tenido la sensación de estar leyendo 100 páginas sobre el curriculum vitae de la autora mezclado con chistes malisimos (¿un capitulo entero hablando de un pedo?) y con un 3% de temas feministas.
girlgeekcyclist's review
3.0
Funny and clever. She does go on a bit about farts but I think it's meant to?
evb972's review against another edition
2.0
One of the most repetitive and directionless books I have ever read. Statements and opinions are repeated in each chapter and often within the same page as if they have never been mentioned before, and the chapters were redundant as there was no structure to the subject matter. It needed a much better edit to even stand a chance for me.
This was also meant to be comedic but honestly didn't laugh once- maybe it just doesn't click with my sense of humour.
To me, 'A Book For Her' was rather self indulgent; Christie prints scripts of entire stand up routines and regularly mentions the awards she has won as well as responding to particular examples of criticism towards her.
The topics covered were this book's only redeeming feature; FGM, sex work and everyday sexism are all things worth discussing and Christie does bring some good points forward.
This was also meant to be comedic but honestly didn't laugh once- maybe it just doesn't click with my sense of humour.
To me, 'A Book For Her' was rather self indulgent; Christie prints scripts of entire stand up routines and regularly mentions the awards she has won as well as responding to particular examples of criticism towards her.
The topics covered were this book's only redeeming feature; FGM, sex work and everyday sexism are all things worth discussing and Christie does bring some good points forward.
redservant's review
3.0
I found the book funny and didn’t have the issues with tone and clarity that other readers did, probably because I listened to the audiobook, which I always think is a good call with a performers book. Christie’s voice carried the book through the more confusing areas. It was loosely structured around Christie’s stand up career, which is something that I’m generally interested in. I think that someone who wasn’t interested in stand up and was expecting a straight feminist manifesto might be surprised or disappointed, personally I wasn’t. Hope I get the chance to see Christie at a future Edinburgh fringe.
alexampersand's review against another edition
5.0
I absolutely loved this book. Bridget Christie already made the comparison to How To Be A Woman, so I don't feel too bad for doing so, but in some ways I felt it actually outshone Caitlin Moran. Bridget Christie manages to address intersectionality, and topics such as FGM, in ways that Caitlin Moran doesn't quite manage to get to grips with. But all the while, Bridget Christie makes slightly ironic, slightly flippant jokes, keeping everything feel light and entertaining, even when there's very serious topics being discussed. Occasionally it waned and diverted a little too much for my liking (the introduction alone felt far too long and drawn out and tried to make too many fart jokes in what should have been a fairly short reasonable introduction - although maybe that was the point?) but overall I adored the book.
rworrall78's review
I couldn't get comfortable in the train of thought, performance style narration.