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kbratten's review against another edition
3.0
Very informative- chock full of information that every woman should know. Natalie Angier's overly wordy turns of phrases really ruin it. I gave up 3/4 of the way through because it felt like the book became more about how many ways she could talk around the information she was passing on.
Recommend for skimming (though it might be hard to get something out of it)
Recommend for skimming (though it might be hard to get something out of it)
lisaeirene's review against another edition
2.0
Really wanted to like this book...a friend recommended it. I thought it might be interesting. It's was a struggle to read. The writer was trying to tie in the historical/feminist/medical issues surrounding the female body but ti just felt tedious and rambling most of the time.
laura_tofflemire's review against another edition
Really had trouble getting into the writing - felt too descriptive or flowery?
Might try again in the future.
Might try again in the future.
epersonae's review
5.0
Fun weird romp through all the bits & pieces of being a woman. It's been a bit since I finished, so all I have now are random trivia/highlights. I particularly like her take on a feminist evolutionary psychology, lots of questioning of the new conventional wisdom.
damsorrow's review against another edition
3.0
If you've ever wanted a qualitative, beautiful and well-written review of women's biology, this book is half of a "here ya go." The other half is going to incur some eye rolls with the seriously dated "women drive like this! men drive like this!" kinda stuff.
marisfess's review against another edition
5.0
This book is fantastic. The best of Angier. She is so passionate and interesting. Made me, a tomboy since birth, proud to be a woman.
desirosie's review against another edition
3.0
So...I knew going into this, that the book was already out of date (I think it was published in 1999?). So, given that, it’s easier to give many of the assumptions about gender and “womanhood” a proverbial pass. Even though the author wants to move beyond so many stereotypes and assumptions about those things, she plays right into so much of them with her approach to the writing. In the first half of the book I swear my eyes rolled more times than I could count.
So why did I keep reading? Well, the science that she covers is really interesting — anatomy, biology, chemistry, and so on — and since I am, personally, a hetereosexual cis-gendered woman, the content was very relevant and informative even with its problematic exclusions.
And there is a chapter or two about menopause and female relationships and attachment (with our mothers and other women) that has some very poignant perspectives that really resonated as emotional truth (personally).
So why did I keep reading? Well, the science that she covers is really interesting — anatomy, biology, chemistry, and so on — and since I am, personally, a hetereosexual cis-gendered woman, the content was very relevant and informative even with its problematic exclusions.
And there is a chapter or two about menopause and female relationships and attachment (with our mothers and other women) that has some very poignant perspectives that really resonated as emotional truth (personally).
aukward's review against another edition
5.0
This book was fascinating! Highly recommend it to all, regardless of the reader's gender.