marthasweeney's review
4.0
I laughed and cringed while reading this since I'm a psych major and former behavioral specialist. High five to Ms. BB for doing what she did. Regardless of it all, she learned a lot about her husband, and more importantly herself, during the process. Cheers to their continued success and love as a family.
whiskers_and_lipstick's review
5.0
Brilliant! The semi-autobiographical book is a collection of journal entries, emails, and text messages from a woman who is ruminating about her happiness in her marriage. My advice: read the book and skip the Neflix show, or at the very least, read the book first.
BB adores her husband, Ken, and believes he is 90% perfect. He is stable, smart, handsome, and just an all-around great guy, but she refers to him as “husbot” because he is completely devoid of emotion or intimacy. In her journals, she discusses her relationship with husbot and where her needs are not being met. She starts to wonder if in marriage and motherhood she has become this version of herself that is less wild, free, and sexual. She begins to reminisce about her previous relationships that were toxic and problematic, but filled with the passion and romance that her marriage lacks and she is yearning for.
One day, BB catches husbot reading her journal and instead of talking about it, he makes efforts to be more affectionate and attentive to some of her needs. She and her fellow psychologist friend wonder if they have tapped into some new method of behavioral modification therapy and devise a plan for her to leverage her journal as an instructional manual for her husband by leaving subtle hints about the things that she loved about those awful exes and their time together. BB has 4 things she wants to come out of the "experiment," Husbot will: 1. give her compliments, 2. give her some kind of pet or nickname that is just for them, 3. give her ridiculous orgasms regularly, and 4. get her name (preferably her pet name) tattooed on him somewhere that is both endearing and blazingly unprofessional.
It is SO good. I laughed and cried throughout the entire book. I feel like many women can relate to some aspect of the story. That feeling of taking on these new roles that feel like versions of yourself. Loving your partner, but finding something missing in the relationship and wondering if it is possible to have total happiness, or if it is even reasonable to want it.
I found out about this book while perusing Netflix which just released a show, "Sex/Life," that is "based" (I would argue very loosely) on the book. I googled the book and decided to give it a read before jumping into the series. I am so very thankful that I did. I STRONGLY recommend reading the book first. If you watch the show first it may turn you off the book completely. The show follows the premise of the book (husband reads wife's journal which describes intimate details of past relationships), pulls a couple of the memories and some of the prose from the book into the dialogue, however, has a completely different story and plot. The author's narration is introspective, candid, and charmingly self-deprecating. The show's character is desperate, fixated, and obsessed to the point she blows not only her life up, but everyone's around her.
BB adores her husband, Ken, and believes he is 90% perfect. He is stable, smart, handsome, and just an all-around great guy, but she refers to him as “husbot” because he is completely devoid of emotion or intimacy. In her journals, she discusses her relationship with husbot and where her needs are not being met. She starts to wonder if in marriage and motherhood she has become this version of herself that is less wild, free, and sexual. She begins to reminisce about her previous relationships that were toxic and problematic, but filled with the passion and romance that her marriage lacks and she is yearning for.
One day, BB catches husbot reading her journal and instead of talking about it, he makes efforts to be more affectionate and attentive to some of her needs. She and her fellow psychologist friend wonder if they have tapped into some new method of behavioral modification therapy and devise a plan for her to leverage her journal as an instructional manual for her husband by leaving subtle hints about the things that she loved about those awful exes and their time together. BB has 4 things she wants to come out of the "experiment," Husbot will: 1. give her compliments, 2. give her some kind of pet or nickname that is just for them, 3. give her ridiculous orgasms regularly, and 4. get her name (preferably her pet name) tattooed on him somewhere that is both endearing and blazingly unprofessional.
It is SO good. I laughed and cried throughout the entire book. I feel like many women can relate to some aspect of the story. That feeling of taking on these new roles that feel like versions of yourself. Loving your partner, but finding something missing in the relationship and wondering if it is possible to have total happiness, or if it is even reasonable to want it.
I found out about this book while perusing Netflix which just released a show, "Sex/Life," that is "based" (I would argue very loosely) on the book. I googled the book and decided to give it a read before jumping into the series. I am so very thankful that I did. I STRONGLY recommend reading the book first. If you watch the show first it may turn you off the book completely. The show follows the premise of the book (husband reads wife's journal which describes intimate details of past relationships), pulls a couple of the memories and some of the prose from the book into the dialogue, however, has a completely different story and plot. The author's narration is introspective, candid, and charmingly self-deprecating. The show's character is desperate, fixated, and obsessed to the point she blows not only her life up, but everyone's around her.
amor_fati's review
5.0
This book! You need to read it! I have never read such a book, the damn honesty of BB’s writing, the full out belly laughs I had and really it’s like one of the best books I have ever read. It’s different. It’s daring. It’s one of those books you want to run and tell all your friends to you go read too so you can talk about all the boys with.
So just go and do that, get this book, read it and just be blown away by something you knew thought was coming.
So just go and do that, get this book, read it and just be blown away by something you knew thought was coming.
jenna36's review
This book seemed mildly offensive? It gave me the ick reading it.
kaitlyngraced's review against another edition
4.0
I was laughing my ass off basically the entire time that I was reading this. I'm super bummed that the Netflix series seems to be going in a different direction (from what I've surmised from the trailer), but it's a fair decision considering how little of what's described could feasibly makes its way on the big screen without people throwing a fit, even in 2021. I'll definitely be picking up Easton's other books at some point when I need a good laugh with a heaping side of steam.
mel_andmyboys's review against another edition
5.0
I feel like I am BB Easton. I’ve never read a more relatable book.