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amaal_s's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Alcoholism, Child abuse, Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Incest, Pedophilia, Rape, Self harm, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Vomit
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challenging
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
Continuing with #nonfictionnovember, I’ve read Three Women by Lisa Taddeo.
I had heard amazing things about it, but tried to not look up too much about it so I wouldn’t get my expectations too high.
Three women is a nonfiction book about women and desire.
First of all, this book doesn’t read like nonfiction at all, I had to remind myself constantly that it wasn’t a fiction book. So in that way, it was a pretty enjoyable read.
Other than that however, it was a bit of a letdown for me. The three women were all white, privileged women, so it really lacks on the diversity department. Considering the amount of years the author spent researching, I feel like she could have done better in that regard.
Second of all, for a book about female desire I found that all of the stories were more about women being abused, manipulated and doing everything they can to please men.
Although I admire the women coming forward with their stories, I feel like this book is more about their sex lives than the female desire.
Lastly, this book is very explicit and graphic, and at times it feels a bit gratuitous.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Child abuse, Infidelity, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual violence
Moderate: Drug abuse