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Three Women
Three Women | Lisa Taddeo
From a thrilling new talent, Lisa Taddeo, Three Women is a mesmerizing work of narrative journalismreported over eight yearsabout the sex lives and desires of three ordinary American women. Lina, a homemaker in suburban Indiana, is a decade into a passionless marriage when she embarks on an affair that quickly becomes all-consuming and transforms her life. Sloane, a glamorous entrepreneur in the northeast, is married to a man who likes to watch her have sex with other men and women. Maggie, a high school student in North Dakota, begins a relationship with her married English teacher that will have extraordinary consequences for them bothas well as the community in which they live. For nearly a decade, Lisa Taddeo, an award-winning journalist and longtime contributor to New York magazine and Esquire, embedded herself with three ordinary women to write this deeply immersive account of their erotic lives and longings. The resultshocking, powerful, and timelyreads like George Packers The Unwinding, but for the state of female desire. Three Women is a major work from an exhilarating new talent.
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Shaaaannnn
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This book was infuriating to read. Don‘t get me wrong, I liked it. But the content had me fuming. Especially Maggie‘s story. I don‘t know, THE PAIN that was inflicted on these women by the men was something I felt so deeply while reading this. “Women‘s desires” is an interesting choice to describe the book. It read more like “suffering at the hands of men” but ok. Lots more I can say about it!

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youneverarrived
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#readingbracket2023 my best book of 2023 was Three Women - I loved the audio and will definitely re-listen at some point.

BarbaraBB Happy new year Katie 🤍 3mo
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MrsMalaprop
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Uncomfortable. Rattled. Ick. Some of my responses to this vivid, non-fiction read. A friend found this copy in a Bali holiday house. She picked it up & couldn‘t put it down. She messaged us from her tropical paradise, imploring us to read it. So I did. It interests me that the two books referred to in these true stories are Twilight & 50 Shades 🤢. I felt a bit like I was reading true versions of these. Sex scenes abound. Men are gross. The end.

Rissreads Hmmmmm, think I‘ll give this a miss then! 😬🤣 (edited) 6mo
LeeRHarry I started this for a bookgroup and didn‘t get very far - a no from me. 6mo
Tamra NTBR - NotToBeRead 😜 6mo
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Jilly6183
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It‘s hard being a woman. Even the reviews for this book show that. We‘re rightfully mad when movies don‘t pass the Bechdel Test, but we take for granted that our culture rarely passes it because as women, we are viewed as a provider - to our kids, to men, to our aging parents. If we dare exist in the world outside of these norms, we are shamed, even if we are not the driving force that pushed us outside those norms in first place.

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IndianBookworm
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Mehso-so

It has been on my TBR since so long, but I never knew this to be a non-fic. The writer follows the events (special focus on sex life) and life of three women namely Sloane, Maggie and Lina.
I expected so much more, considering the fact the author did 8yrs research for it. Also, I expected the book to be more feminist, but contradictory to the title their lives are majorly controlled by the men in their lives. An average read, sadly.
3/5🌟

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IndianBookworm
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"When my mother was a young woman, a man used to follow her to work every morning and masturbate, in step behind her."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl
PS - Doing first line friday for the first time, on a friday. ?

dabbe Well, that line certainly got MY attention. 🤣🤗😊 10mo
IndianBookworm @dabbe Ikr, even I knew it had to be posted the moment I checked someone's FLF post! 😂😁 10mo
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Messiejessie
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This was incredibly good writing.
I liked this book, although I‘m aware it may not be for everyone.

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youneverarrived
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I think this is a love or hate type of book and I LOVED it! First five star read of the year. The audio was amazing 🙌 the amount of time the author spent with these women shows - you get brutal honesty, desire and insight.

#tbrtarot #nonfiction2023 (strange fruit)

CBee Yay! 🙌🏻🙌🏻 13mo
Reggie I loved this book. I felt bad so bad for those women. Especially Maggie and Lina. I liked Sloan but I was like, girl, you got caught, you broke girl code, and yes the men should be there too but just take your lumps. She was like I‘m the victim for bearing the brunt of that woman‘s anger. Whatever. Lol 13mo
Riveted_Reader_Melissa Stacking! 13mo
youneverarrived @Reggie 😂😂 I really liked Sloan too but yeah she played the victim there, I think she knew all along really the woman didn‘t know but convinced herself otherwise (edited) 13mo
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LapReader
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From the Book Swap a while back on the way home from ballet. I started the tagged book on audio but much prefer a hard copy. I‘ll use the old text book at work. My school can‘t afford new books so we usually buy 2nd hand from other schools. My nephew has an Aboriginal culture teacher at his preschool that he worships so I‘m trying to foster his interest in it especially as he will probably grow up to be a farmer and will need to care for country.

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Jnnlb
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Jnnlb
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Frankies.space
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Three Women‘s stories and how they are portrayed in the media, made to be small, pleasing, or don‘t learn how to live their desires.

Lisa_lost I liked this book from a journalistic perspective. The EFFORT, the TIME, the sustaining of CONNECTION. A documentary triumph, but I didn‘t super enjoy reading it. 2y
Frankies.space @Lisa_lost bang on. Loved that she‘s told the stories with the women at the centre 2y
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NikkiKey94
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I‘ve had this one on my TBR for a while so I thought I would read it! I really enjoyed it. I don‘t normally read nonfiction but it really interested me. I definitely plan on reading other books by Lisa Taddeo after reading this one!

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ElizaMarie
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Really enjoyed this read :)

@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks Thank you again for the gift :)

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I enjoyed it too!! You‘re so welcome my friend ❤️ 2y
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ElizaMarie
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Have confidence!

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ElizaMarie
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Ooo i am really enjoying this book

AmyG That is a great...and very true.....line. 2y
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ElizaMarie
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Starting this one today :) @AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks Thanks again for the gift!

#FallTBR
#IPromiseToRead
@AkashaVampie

AkashaVampie Great job with ur tbr hun!!! 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks You‘re welcome!! 2y
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ElizaMarie
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@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks Thank you so much for your kindness! You are such a great friend and always put people ahead of yourself. Thanky ou again for the birthday gift!

AmyG What perfect socks! 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks You‘re very welcome!! I‘m happy you like it and that it made it there safely! Sorry it‘s late!! ❤️❤️❤️ 2y
Crazeedi @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks scores another hit!! She's the best! And sending a big hug @ElizaMarie 🤩💕 2y
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sharread Cute socks. 💗 2y
ElizaMarie @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I like getting birthday presents, wishes, and just extra special times after and before my birthday... It's sweet to know I am thought of not just that one day :) I mean I know it's true but sometimes we need to feel it more...

Anyway, thank you again for always being so kind and lovely. I am truly sorry I haven't responded to #LitsyLove in almost 2 months now!!!
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ElizaMarie @sharread an @AmyG - I have 2 little Frenchie babies... I love all things Frenchie. Also, we have a lot of pug things because my husband loves pugs (we will probably get a pug soon) 2y
ElizaMarie @Crazeedi oh gosh yes! She always is so thoughtful of EVERYONE!!! 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @ElizaMarie yes, you are thought of ❤️❤️❤️ no worries! We aren‘t going anywhere!! 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @ElizaMarie you‘re so sweet 💕 2y
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candority
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Mehso-so

Three Women provides an honest look at the sex lives of three American women. While it was interesting at times, I was ultimately disappointed and frustrated with it for several reasons. I expected it to dig deeper, make conclusions (or at least provide some analysis), and feature stories that haven‘t been told before. These women share a lot of similarities and are all manipulated (if not abused) by men. It is more about trauma than desire. ⬇️

candority 3⭐️ Full review can be found on Goodreads: https://bit.ly/2SsagWP 3y
Jas16 I completely agree. 3y
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candority @CaffeineAndCandy Thanks! I love this candle 🕯 3y
candority @Jas16 I think if it had been marketed differently, I would have felt differently about it! 3y
SassyPants617 Just finished this. It was our book club pick for November. Your review here says exactly what I was thinking. 2y
candority @SassyPants617 I‘m glad I‘m not alone! Did the rest of your book club like it? 2y
SassyPants617 I believe the person who runs the book club have it 3.5 stars. The zoom meeting to discuss it tonight, but I can‘t join 😢 2y
candority @SassyPants617 Awh, that‘s too bad 😔 2y
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BekaReid
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The hours invested in thorough research and deep conversations and the observations that come out of both are evident in Taddeo's well-written book that reads like fiction with it's lyrical prose. The book tells the stories of three different women and describes the longings, frustrations, and insecurities that propel them. It is incredibly honest as it tells their stories without holding back and without casting judgment.

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BekaReid
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"When can you be ready for anything? Or is life, in fact, a continuum of things you must prepare for, and only with perfect preparation can you exist in the present?"

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Tgbsfk
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“ There is always something you take for granted, that somebody else is starving for. “

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Kris10H
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The author spent years getting to know three women, and their sexual experiences and desires, and then put it into what can really only be described as a novelization. I read a review in which a woman said that she didn't like that the author didn't draw any conclusions but I think that's what I liked most about it; I was free to draw my own conclusions about how their experiences shaped their needs and desires. *sexually explicit content*

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Kris10H
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"Women shouldn't judge one another's lives, if we haven't been through one another's fires."

ItsAnotherJen I like this quote! 3y
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Ellohcin
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underground_bks
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I‘m rereading nearly two years since my first read, this time for book club, and while I may be more aware this time about the limits of this book—the three women are all white, in opposite-sex partnerships, and American—I still found myself engrossed in the narrative force of these women‘s lives—at times, they read like fiction, the sex and love and betrayal, but always with the underlying and even unsettling resonance of recognition.

AmyG I was fascinated by these woman. I agree, at times it read like fiction. 3y
underground_bks @AmyG I have so little in common with them and yet felt like their lives resonated with me so deeply. 3y
Reggie I think the feeling of just wanting to be loved, heard, and respected is a universal feeling that even though these women are all white, in each of their different ways, don‘t get all of those. I really liked this book. I hope Lina and Maggie are doing better wherever they are. 3y
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AmyG @Reggie Exactly. I was just going to say that as women, as people, we all have the same basic needs or wants. And yes....their lives were so different thhan mine yet on some level I understood why they made some of thhe choices they did. 3y
AmyG @Reggie Exactly. I was just going to say that as women, as people, we all have the same basic needs or wants. And yes @underground_bks ....their lives were so different than mine, too, yet on some level I understood why they made some of thhe choices they did. (edited) 3y
Reggie @AmyG ❤️ 3y
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amyf0x
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Journalist Taddeo immersed herself in the lives of three American women to research and write the fascinating, complex stories of their desire.

Read January 4-7
Rated 4.5/5 ⭐️
Book 2/60

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Jeg
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Mehso-so

Almost gave upon this book and wish I had but I saw the comment on the front by Leigh Sales so I kept reading. Not sure what the whole point was. I mostly felt sorry for Maggie and all young women out there who have experienced what she did.
#2020joybooks
@MrsMalaprop

Tgbsfk I am so glad that it is not only me 3y
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andioop
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Mehso-so

It‘s hard. I like this. It was a quicker read than the length had me expect. But it‘s not something I‘d say you have to go pick up. I get the hype. It‘s good, maybe just not my style. Probably something older (straight, white) women can appreciate.
This is my 36th read of 2020. I have officially hit my goal almost a full month early. Say good job jess

BarbaraTheBibliophage Good Job, Jess! Even though I‘m really late! 3y
andioop 😂😂 @BarbaraTheBibliophage thank you!!! 3y
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Dolly
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Oh dear. The metaphors provoked guffaws. If you‘re into voyeuristic text however this may be for you. Wish I had those hours back.

squirrelbrain I hated this too - very cringeworthy 😬 3y
Megabooks Hated as well! 3y
Heideschrampf Yes, it frlt super voyeuristic to me too! 3y
BarbaraBB Echoing all of you! 3y
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Thousand-Lives
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Enjoying some quiet reading time at the park today. I checked this book out on a whim (honestly because it fulfills North Dakota for my states reading challenge) and didn‘t anticipate liking it, but I‘m completely hooked.

AmyG I really enjoyed this book. I was fascinated by the lives of these women. 4y
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rachelm
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This book is shocking, heartfelt, sexual, fraught—- the state of American sex and womanhood through the lives of three stories. The audio is great, and definitely NSFW so make sure you‘ve got headphones around sensitive ears. Recommended!!

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rachelm
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Starting this audiobook today. Nonfiction about the lives of three women— ins and outs. Really interesting so far!

Picture is of what my kids are building at the park with all of the downed sticks from last week‘s derecho.

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Bielzebubby
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July‘s #booksthatmatter box has arrived!

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JillR
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I‘m glad the author‘s note came at the outset; it‘s crucial to realise that this is non fiction although it reads like a novel. It‘s gripping, gossipy, raw and very often uncomfortable reading. The author spent thousands of hours with the three women and this is their account of their desires and invisibility. “In the end it is these three women who are in charge of their narratives. There are many sides to all stories, but this is theirs.”

LeeRHarry I‘m trying to read this for my next month‘s bookgroup - I just can‘t get into it and am going to DNF it. 4y
JillR @LeeRHarry I was the opposite and was drawn in straight away - I‘ve seen mixed reviews about this one though... 4y
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Neesay
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Women shouldn't judge each others lives, if we haven't been through one another's fires.

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EmiliaCastel
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“What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open”. This is how the book ends with a beautiful quotation by Muriel Rukeyser. If you want to find out the truth about how three women feel about their experiences than read this book

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limada
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Reading #threewomen for an online book club. I'm not usually into book clubs but this book got my attention. So here we are. Also I have help.

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betsyhaddox
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I last posted four months ago, and in that time I‘ve started 24 books, 22 of which I finished and 2 of which I abandoned. I am going to make four posts to review all 24, and this book stands apart. I need to make special mention of this book; it‘s not the typical type of book I gravitate towards, but it was wonderful and interesting to read.

This nonfic book explores women‘s sexuality, and I highly recommend to women, and also to men. Plz read!!

Reggie I felt so horrible and angry for Lina and Maggie. And though I don‘t think I would want her lifestyle I was happy for Sloan. I especially liked her thoughts about how you can give a man a grocery list and he will always forget one thing. And you could focus on that but sometimes he takes the dog you don‘t have for a walk and he does other stuff. 4y
betsyhaddox @Reggie lol, yes! Yeah, I was pretty happy for her, too, but then I was also disappointed when she didn‘t share what her experience with what‘s-his-fave‘s wife when they talk in the car. She allows resentment for herself to grow, and thinks she‘s doing her duty to the men she‘s with, but it just perpetuates a misunderstanding of the situation. And then all the responsibility is hers, and not the men‘s. Did you think that, too? (edited) 4y
Reggie @betsyhaddox I think the writer was doing everything in her power to make the reader feel sympathy for Sloan but personally I kinda felt like “you knew she didn‘t know” just take the verbal lashes. In a perfect world I think all 4 of them have a discussion at the same time. But at the same time Sloan knew her. She wasn‘t some stranger. And isn‘t that part of girl code. (edited) 4y
Reggie You‘re right though, Sloan took the brunt. When the community talks they won‘t say Wes or the husband is a manwhore they‘ll say Sloan is the slut. Which isn‘t fair. (edited) 4y
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Kappadeemom
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Starting this one today

Kappadeemom 8 years of research and three women‘s stories about sex. Narrative non-fiction that is interesting, but I didn‘t feel that anything earth-shattering was revealed. 4y
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Addison_Reads
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Mehso-so

This was almost a pan for me, but I feel like there are women, and men, who could probably learn a lot from this book. Personally, I didn't understand how this book could be marketed as a book about a woman's desire when the whole book is about women striving to please men.

I do appreciate what the author was trying to do here, but I feel it missed the mark. The stories of these women, to me, were just heartbreaking.

TrishB I agree, had to bail on it. 4y
Reggie I remember feeling so angry for Maggie and Lina. 4y
Tgbsfk Thats a really good point. I started reading with very different expectations and found something else. I havent finished yet. 3y
mollyrotondo I‘m trying to read this now for book club and I‘m struggling with the same thought that you had. Two of the women experienced traumatic and abusive sexual behavior when they were teenagers so it‘s difficult for me to understand their “desires.” I also agree that all three are trying to please men and are not in control of their own emotions and desire. Maybe by the end that will be the point but I‘m struggling right now. 3y
Addison_Reads @mollyrotondo I had a hard time with this one too. I can't say the end gets any better though. I was angry through most of this read, but I do know a lot of women who sadly, live lives like these three women. My hope is this book lets them feel like they're not alone. That's probably the best "positive" I could take from this. 3y
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Addison_Reads
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#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

Thank you @wanderinglynn for the tag.

1. I'm not one to stack up my books, except for the one stack on my nightstand with my current reads.

2. The tagged book is currently on the top because I plan on starting it tonight.

If you haven't been tagged yet, consider yourself tagged and play along. 😁

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 📚💚📚 4y
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bourne.shell
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This book weaved a much more complicated story of three women than I anticipated. The author does a good job of stating upfront what each woman desires. It grabs the your attention and gives the author the ability to piece together a story that is much less sexy and much more heartbreaking and compelling. I'm left with a range of emotions and thoughts that are thought provoking and unsettling about how men and women both desire and interpret sex.

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Breanne1
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Bailedbailed

I can‘t help but thinking, was the best theme to focus on a woman‘s “desire” in men? We are defined by more than our relationship with men. For this reason I can‘t get through this book no matter how hard I‘ve tried. Perhaps other‘s have found a strength in reading this that I‘m just struggling to see?

BarbaraBB I felt more or less the same. I felt bored rading this book. The same story over and over again imo 🤷🏻‍♀️ 4y
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NeedsMoreBooks
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Thank you for the tag @MoonWitch94 so sorry for the late post

📚 All the charterers from the tagged book. Also Dolores Umbridge from HP and Matilda‘s uncle.

📚Rose, sandalwood, jasmine, and lavender.

📚 The Imperfects and First Love, Last Rites.

Megabooks Yes yes! I hated three women! 4y
MoonWitch94 I love fresh roses!! Thanks for playing 🌹 4y
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WomanistBibliophile Oh rose is one of my favourite scents too, so refreshing 🌹 4y
PaperbackPirate Agreed on Dolores Umbridge!! Why do I hate her more than Voldemort?! 4y
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Nitpickyabouttrains
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Great as an audiobook

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EchoLogical
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Definitely a better week in reading! I finished the tagged book today and I'm still sorting through my feelings about it so no star rating yet.