All Fours: A Novel

This book was basically 85% some lady masturbating in a hotel room, 5% really funny commentary on middle age, and 10% people doing what sound like extremely cringey dances while other people masturbated about them and/or had profound emotions because of their hip hop dance skillz. I haaaaaated this.

This book put me through the ringer! The first part read like my mind when I'm having an anxiety attack, so It was overwhelming. As we moved out of the main characters head and into the story, things got much better. The book was weird, the book was kinky, but at the end, I decided the book was good and I enjoyed the laughs It gave me.

I hate the main character, I hate her friends that just let her go off the rails, I hated the writing style, I hated the author trying to force the idea that all women react this way to menopause and I hated the absurdity. Don't waste your time.

really a 1.5… took EVERYTHING in me to get past the first 200 pages.

A very compelling read that gives you moments of reflection through her story but leaves you feeling thirsty for life and all the greatness it presents you, even thru the tough times. it is probably one of the best books I’ve read this year… it’s a story of a woman going thru perimenopause and trying to find herself and her way thru the life she’s been living with some interesting twists… I’m almost done but I’ve really also appreciated the timing of it with my own life—- it’s given me many moments of reflection. There are some graphic sexual closeness moments—- not raunchy, but very raw and almost overwhelming at times… but the main theme is a sentiment of exploration and open mindedness.