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ratlibrary's review
1.0
SPOILERS AHEAD
I cannot believe how much I hated this book. Don’t be fooled by the NYU author bullshit that this is some grand exploration about sexual desire and bisexuality. In fact I think it does a huge disservice to the bisexual community.
This book is about two women who are manipulated by a sociopath and are perfectly content with it???
Maybe I am just far too gay to believe that a man is that amazing at sex that these two women would simply just be okay with the way he treats them?
Nathan was by far the worst but honestly I didn’t care about any of these characters. I’m glad Romi left Eve, and Fatima was the only one with common sense in this book.
Also if this was going for kink as well, idk there’s nothing like about a man being dominant that’s kink to me since it’s the expected gender role, but again I might be too much of a lesbian to get it.
The two women maybe just also remind me too much of people I know that have money and need to do something crazy to make it seem like they’re interesting or have a personality.
This might be my harshest review of the year but it was only because I was so excited for this and it did nothing but disappoint.
I cannot believe how much I hated this book. Don’t be fooled by the NYU author bullshit that this is some grand exploration about sexual desire and bisexuality. In fact I think it does a huge disservice to the bisexual community.
This book is about two women who are manipulated by a sociopath and are perfectly content with it???
Maybe I am just far too gay to believe that a man is that amazing at sex that these two women would simply just be okay with the way he treats them?
Nathan was by far the worst but honestly I didn’t care about any of these characters. I’m glad Romi left Eve, and Fatima was the only one with common sense in this book.
Also if this was going for kink as well, idk there’s nothing like about a man being dominant that’s kink to me since it’s the expected gender role, but again I might be too much of a lesbian to get it.
The two women maybe just also remind me too much of people I know that have money and need to do something crazy to make it seem like they’re interesting or have a personality.
This might be my harshest review of the year but it was only because I was so excited for this and it did nothing but disappoint.
daenryys's review
4.0
not everyone would get it but EYE did!
“i wondered how i could get what he had—absolute freedom, a life of embodied prowess, in which i might float through a landscape of love and sex without promising myself to anyone.”
“i wondered how i could get what he had—absolute freedom, a life of embodied prowess, in which i might float through a landscape of love and sex without promising myself to anyone.”
venusinlove's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
honestly? it had some pretty good points and themes, but, at the same time, it was pretty lesbophobic and very misogynistic. it's a shame that even lesbians have to chase male recognition and validation.
i really don't know how to structure my review. it felt as if a teenage boy had to write about his sexual fantasies and that hurt me as i've met such behaviour from men everytime I mention I'm into girls. it's disrespecting.
ignoring those comment, the book had my attention, although I couldn't care less about the characters' sexual activities and would have loved to skip the details but yea.
one last thing:it's not okay for him to have a work relationship but to gaslight, abuse and mistreat women is okay? okay, cool, good to know. fuck him.
i really don't know how to structure my review. it felt as if a teenage boy had to write about his sexual fantasies and that hurt me as i've met such behaviour from men everytime I mention I'm into girls. it's disrespecting.
ignoring those comment, the book had my attention, although I couldn't care less about the characters' sexual activities and would have loved to skip the details but yea.
one last thing:
pampelmus's review
challenging
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.5
_summer_'s review against another edition
3.0
truly none of us are free from seeking validation from men - even lesbians 😫
anothertree's review
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
helloimamee's review
informative
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
carolineluciaa's review
4.0
If you like stories about flawed women exploring their own madness and poor decision-making, then this is a totally immersive story. The characters (except maybe Olivia) were uncomplicated, but put themselves in a complicated situation time and time again. The plot was very thrilling at the end, yet somehow landed without any resolution or new insight. The writing about sex and desire is 10/10. I felt like this was less of a story and more of an art piece. I loved it.
delightt's review
adventurous
challenging
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
I... found the book hard to follow. Sex was the vehicle of storytelling, yes, but I didn't understand why she was in what was essentially a polycule and what she discovered about herself. Was it the fluidity of her sexuality? Was it a metaphor for her still centering men in her life? I'm not sure. Maybe I must re-read it. But a lot of meaning is vague to me and is not apparent on the first pass, unfortunately. Not to mention this is incredibly hard to read in public lmao
gcrunnels's review
4.0
4.5/5
In an age of both feminism and photoshop, women’s rights and Instagram algorithms, social justice discourse and plastic surgery, there are a few topics that actually haven’t really been honestly, clear-sightedly discussed. Topics that, despite period destigmatization and #MeToo and eating disorder awareness and better media representation and body positivity and on and on are still actually taboo. Topics that fall under the category of ~The Absolute F*cking Weirdness of Being a Woman and Having a Body and Living in Society~. The cognitive dissonance, the contradictions, the alienation and adoration, the pleasure and shame. What we want, what we’re supposed to want, what people want from us — I feel like this book was uncomfortably honest about the answers to these questions. And it was so refreshing. Dinging half a point because story/character-wise it wasn’t out of this world amazing, but still, entertaining just as a novel.
In an age of both feminism and photoshop, women’s rights and Instagram algorithms, social justice discourse and plastic surgery, there are a few topics that actually haven’t really been honestly, clear-sightedly discussed. Topics that, despite period destigmatization and #MeToo and eating disorder awareness and better media representation and body positivity and on and on are still actually taboo. Topics that fall under the category of ~The Absolute F*cking Weirdness of Being a Woman and Having a Body and Living in Society~. The cognitive dissonance, the contradictions, the alienation and adoration, the pleasure and shame. What we want, what we’re supposed to want, what people want from us — I feel like this book was uncomfortably honest about the answers to these questions. And it was so refreshing. Dinging half a point because story/character-wise it wasn’t out of this world amazing, but still, entertaining just as a novel.