Reviews

Girlhood by Melissa Febos

cowgirlcrybaby's review

5.0

wow — this was incredible. gut wrenching and grueling yet immensely tender and eye opening. like looking in a mirror i’ve been avoiding my life. extremely well researched and written, 10/10 recommend for a robust reflection on womanhood. only complaint is that i wish i had read sooner, perhaps would have made things a little easier. thank you melissa

klingman19's review

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault

hannahstrashcan's review

challenging dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

judihu's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

selinabe's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective

4.0

nerkis's review

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

4.5

daburckin's review

5.0

every woman should read this in their lives. i hope to be one day as free as Febos

annaviljalyydia's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

mentalvoid's review

challenging emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

css13's review

3.0

I have mixed thoughts about this book. Overall, I found it a bit difficult to get through; parts of it are more academic analysis-y than I expected or wanted. It’s also hard to read about the horrors that women go through in such a great quantity (important of course, but certainly doesn’t qualify the book as an easy read). It is very insightful and has some beautiful lines and made me think, though, which I appreciated greatly.