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ncoltelli_09's review against another edition
3.0
I was expecting something more like Diablo Cody's CandyGirl. But this was sad.
stephxsu's review against another edition
3.0
LOOSE GIRL is a shocking yet honest autobiography of a life of sex. From the time she was eleven, Kerry, with her broken excuse for a family, craves the attentions of guys, guys, guys for the love she never has. She believes that intercourse and other sexual acts are the way to get the love she wants, only to find that her so-called “relationships” are often drowned to death by her desperate need for confirmation of his desire for her.
Sex is a woman’s best weapon, Kerry says, and proves that as she uses her appeal to attract over thirty guys in the course of about fifteen years. However, with every man she sleeps with—and yes, there are some whose name she can’t recall—Kerry never gets the satisfaction she wants. This young woman’s life is a destructive cycle that cannot stop until she has forgiven herself and her loveless and flawed family first.
In a time of increased teenage promiscuity, LOOSE GIRL sends an especially important message, about how you cannot find the love you need by having lots and lots of casual sex. Instead, you must first love and forgive yourself and your family before you can have a successful relationship.
Sex is a woman’s best weapon, Kerry says, and proves that as she uses her appeal to attract over thirty guys in the course of about fifteen years. However, with every man she sleeps with—and yes, there are some whose name she can’t recall—Kerry never gets the satisfaction she wants. This young woman’s life is a destructive cycle that cannot stop until she has forgiven herself and her loveless and flawed family first.
In a time of increased teenage promiscuity, LOOSE GIRL sends an especially important message, about how you cannot find the love you need by having lots and lots of casual sex. Instead, you must first love and forgive yourself and your family before you can have a successful relationship.
yapsherlyn's review against another edition
4.0
For people like me, who can't understand why sexual attention is so important to some girls, and how their lives are like,this is definitely a book for you!
alyssabookrecs's review against another edition
5.0
From June 2016:
Loose Girl by Kerry Cohen is a gripping memoir. It's marketed as being about promiscuity, but I see it more as the need to be loved, the desire to be wanted, and the fear of being abandoned by those you hold so close. An important read for people of all genders.
Loose Girl by Kerry Cohen is a gripping memoir. It's marketed as being about promiscuity, but I see it more as the need to be loved, the desire to be wanted, and the fear of being abandoned by those you hold so close. An important read for people of all genders.
alison_marie's review against another edition
3.0
I liked this book, and I applaud Cohen for writing about such a personal, painful topic in an upfront manner, but the end of the book seemed so abrupt. Cohen took a break from sleeping around/dating, meets a cool dude and eventually gets married to said cool dude. Yay for her, but she spent so much time on her failed relationships and one-night stands that it would have been nice to get a bit more insight into her relationship with Michael.
nina_rod's review against another edition
2.0
Depressing. How early abuse and low self-esteem can screw with you.
jendula's review against another edition
4.0
Really quick read (took me less than 3 days). This story was very engaging and I kept reading, hoping she would find her way. I love how it drew me into her life...
missgrangerr's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
3.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual content and Adult/minor relationship
willwork4airfare's review against another edition
4.0
I really give this book a 4.5.
The writing is extremely awesome and mesmerizing. Kerry does a great job of telling her story so that you skip all the boring parts in between. She has such a way with words that you can identify with her and feel compassion for her even if what she's doing seems completely inappropriate and foreign.
Kerry describes her feelings in such a way that I find myself relating. Her need to be wanted and loved never becomes whiny or tiring, you just feel yourself chugging along with her, waiting for a break in the clouds.
On the other hand, the ending comes way too quickly and seemingly from left field. There is no leading up to it, she just wakes up one day and is different. She qualifies it a bit in the final two pages, but I was still left feeling a little incomplete.
It was a great enough book that I read it all in one sitting, but it's lacking some kind of oomph that warrants a perfect score. Overall, I totally recommend it and I'll be looking out for other books by this author.
The writing is extremely awesome and mesmerizing. Kerry does a great job of telling her story so that you skip all the boring parts in between. She has such a way with words that you can identify with her and feel compassion for her even if what she's doing seems completely inappropriate and foreign.
Kerry describes her feelings in such a way that I find myself relating. Her need to be wanted and loved never becomes whiny or tiring, you just feel yourself chugging along with her, waiting for a break in the clouds.
On the other hand, the ending comes way too quickly and seemingly from left field. There is no leading up to it, she just wakes up one day and is different. She qualifies it a bit in the final two pages, but I was still left feeling a little incomplete.
It was a great enough book that I read it all in one sitting, but it's lacking some kind of oomph that warrants a perfect score. Overall, I totally recommend it and I'll be looking out for other books by this author.