I love the concept of this book. I think it’s well-written, we’ll-researched, and well-structure. I’m pretty open-minded sexually and, for the most part, I agree that people can do whatever floats their boat privately- as long as it doesn’t harm children or anyone(thing) that cannot give consent.
And that’s where this book loses stars for me. The incest and beastiality genuinely upset me and I could not read those chapters. I get it, those things are real and occur, but I appreciate the trigger warnings so I could avoid that section entirely.
That being said, most people could benefit from reading the first part of this book. There are some close-minded folks out there who could really use this as a wake-up call to make an effort to understand without the need to participate. I’d recommend it to anyone curious about basically anything “alternative” in sexuality. Again, aside from children and animals, the idea of “right vs wrong” in sex shouldn’t even be a thing, but anyone open to learn could benefit from this one.