Dyke Delusions: Essays & Observations

by Samantha Mann

Genres: Memoir, Nonfiction, LGBT, Essays, Queer

302 pages, Paperback

Published June 3, 2025

Reviews

[Emma Lehmann · Rating 2 out of 5]

i judged a book by its cover (title) and learned a hard lesson. this read like a disjointed printout of someone's livejournal. the author spent more time discussing men & sex with men than the titular topic! i get that journey of understanding one's queerness sometimes starts in opposition to what we're not attracted to, but good GOD

[Nicole · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF with like 30 pages left sorryyyyyyy. at first i was like ok this is like……. fine albeit in need of a way better editor. but as it went on it became very repetitive (there’s a disclaimer at the beginning that these essays go forward and backward in time, but this feels more coincidental than intentional). the section on motherhood could have probably been condensed into 2 essays for example. once i got to the final section i felt like i was reading fist year undergrad essays. really wanted to like this one but unfortunately it is just not very well written or thought out.

[Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5

[Abby Mynahan · Rating 2 out of 5]

this book wins title of the year, but was unfortunately quite redundant and disjointed (and not in a fun way)