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It’s pretty weird in that the author writes in an kinda adhd way to convey the protagonist but it’s just very overdone and hard to follow.

Feels very apt reading this in 0 degrees weather

Shameless smut speed read

Distracted with limerence again so I crawl back to Jeanette Winterson

It’s alright. Very negative first half, mainly anecdotes of alcoholic parents and women needing to control. They seem to consistently refer back to these issues which I feel could’ve been addressed in a different writing style.

10 pages in and already covered cats, classical music and loneliness in youth. Classic murakami

Chapter 7 is just old bull deeping shit and doing ju-jitsu

The cultural difference is pretty hectic, a lot of the late 60s American references just go straight over my head so finding it hard to keep attention. Will read again in the future!

Page 130 and I finally feel some context to the authors essays

Slow burner but still enjoying!

It’s witty with erotic anecdotes but also embedded with a deep sadness, the pages keep turning

There’s no chapters which means I keep reading! I like this.

I feel that Hooks consistently reiterates “male violence”, “sexual impulse” and “dominating masculinity” only to enforce feminist theories on patriarchal flaws and offer little more than a concluding sentence on the way men can love/be loved/ and be united with women equally. There is not any substance to these arguments other that repeated woe and a patronising final statement.

Not sure how to feel about this book.

Hooks has some valued points, her own experiences testify to the motives behind her opinions but I feel that most of her points refer to what “most men think” and lacks a strong research based argument.

Was fighting through this and then realised I have free will and can bin it off