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A review by lyrasbookshelf
Want by Gillian Anderson
2.25
I'm conflicted. I was really excited when I first heard about this book, but I'm not sure I enjoyed reading it. So many of the fantasies were so simple and mundane, but maybe that's the point? Maybe the whole gist of the thing is that women are made to feel unnecessary shame for something that isn't even all that wild? I don't know. All I know is that I was bored for most of this book and its not something I expect when reading about sexual fantasies.
I also didn't enjoy some contributors using the space to vent and complain about their (nonexistent) sex lives, incel style, as if anyone owes them closeness and intimacy. One of them says 'I'm a human being with just as much right to the same types of relationships as others.' Legal right, in terms of them not being forbidden to, sure! Entitled? Absolutely not. And it looked like they meant the latter. It's not a good look and I wish such stories weren't included.
I also didn't enjoy some contributors using the space to vent and complain about their (nonexistent) sex lives, incel style, as if anyone owes them closeness and intimacy. One of them says 'I'm a human being with just as much right to the same types of relationships as others.' Legal right, in terms of them not being forbidden to, sure! Entitled? Absolutely not. And it looked like they meant the latter. It's not a good look and I wish such stories weren't included.