Die Stunden, die ich damit verbracht habe, dieses Buch zu lesen, bekomme ich nie zurück.

Währenddessen hätte ich sinnvollere Dinge tun können - meinen eigenen Schatten jagen, Wasser sieben, Gras beim wachsen zusehen...

I’m really unsure how I feel about this book

had some interesting things to say about the nature of desire and being desired, and the politics around that. but for a book about unexpected sexual dalliances, it was dull

I found this both interesting and frustrating. I found the protagonist too self-righteous to relate with and far too deluded to sympathize with. The middle lulled for a bit but the ending was a good pick up. Overall it was a decent read but was not anything particularly striking

Quotes I liked:
"I wanted to be brand-new, to experience love and pleasure as though I had never been hurt and never felt fear"
"Love seemed to occupy the room with us, as concrete as a body, generous and inextinguishable"
"My body was crying out that I was not fulfilling my purpose"

Very repetitive story of a threesome.

Half of this book was completely mindblowingly good but the other half just couldnt get there. but all in all I'm glad I read it and was an enjoyable book. some of the best writing about sex as well.

It is so refreshing to have a book as unapologetic as this one when it comes to a woman's sexuality. As in, all of a woman's sexuality, not just orientation.

For too long, a woman with a strong sexual appetite has been labeled as a slut, or some other meaningless word that invokes something negative and shameful. This story was absolutely beautiful in the way Eve explored herself and her choices. Following along with her as she discovered things she never knew about her desires and wants was cathartic and, oddly enough, affirming for me as a reader.

I highly recommend this read for quite a few reasons, but if you're queer and you're a woman, this book is a must read.

please give me 5-7 business days to process all of my thoughts

yeah you can tell the author is a privileged white woman who went to NYU

this book felt soooo homophobic which is hilarious considering it's marketed as a queer book. the book is misogynistic, biphobic, lesbophobic, and in no way should anyone find this book empowering. anyone who claims it is should take some time to reflect on their internalized misogyny.

i knew this would be nothing more than a one star not even a quarter into the book when it started saying that "being with women is easier because you're similar" and the book continues to go on to say that being with men is just so hard because women aren't supposed to like that. like??? i'm sorry???? in what world have women ever been shamed, bullied, and FUCKING HATE CRIMED for being attracted to men? in what world have women always just known it's so easy to like women and it's men we really have a hard time being with? not to mention that by "similar" the author must mean bodies because did she just forget about personalities? hobbies? interests? the only thing that can make people similar is whether you are a man or woman i guess.

the introspection is so tedious and boring, with no new or big revelations on sex or sexuality, and there is certainly nothing "daring, bold, and empowering" about it as the reviews have claimed. there is nothing empowering about being controlled by some arrogant straight rich white man who is convinced he "knows what every woman wants"

this book feels like it was written by a very misogynistic man living out his fantasy of lesbians falling in love with him because he's just that cool