Three Women

Disliked.

Parts of this stuck with me. And parts of this gave me the ick. The writing/storytelling sometimes felt profound one moment and then it felt like drivel the next. It was triggering because I felt like I've been all three women at some point in my life but then at the same time... Not. At the end, I asked myself what was the point. What was the point of any of it.

I liked how it gives you a look at how the woman's mind works. As a woman, it made me feel less isolated. I felt that I could related to certain aspects of each story.

This book was not what I was expecting at all. Where I expected a deep discussion and analysis of female desire by examining 3 individual women, I got intimate and personal diary entries of sexual events and feelings relayed by the author. I can’t say that I disliked the book but it didn’t captivate or engage me the way I was hoping.

I did thoroughly enjoy Sloan’s parts of the book as I felt they were the closest to an honest, introspective look into female desire that I was expecting. Her story showed that a woman’s desire is often equated with accommodation of male desire instead of a true celebration of her own sexuality. Her story was complex and raw and so self-aware. I truly enjoyed it and would recommend this book on her section alone.

I did feel the epilogue had some redemption as it collected some overall thoughts on desire and the female experience based on the three women’s stories, but overall, I was a bit disappointed. It didn’t quite live up to the anticipation I had built up.

This was intense. I'm very interested in all the other interviews. Very well-written and nuanced.