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Wow. I really hate not to finish books I've started, especially if they count towards a challenge (Popsugar 2015 "Book that got bad reviews"). But...I value my time more than I do finishing this book. Science...For Her! has no redeemable qualities. Who thought this was a good idea? It's maybe supposed be a humorous spoof of girly magazines, but it's not at all funny, witty, or even coherent. After fourteen pages of best friend dedications (at least half a page being friends to do meth with), I w
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Feb 02, 2015
Melle
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did not like it
Shelves:
stereotypes,
adult,
read-in-2015,
science,
comedy,
sexism,
copyright-2014,
problematic,
satire,
parody
Ugh. The premise had the potential to be funny and informative, but it fell flatter than a smooshed crêpe. I gave it a try for about forty pages then browsed through the rest while hoping I would find something redeeming, something of merit, something a tiny bit interesting and or amusing, or, at the very least, not so dumb my eyes hurt, but no such luck. Aside from the hopefully-tongue-in-cheek playing up of totally sexist stereotypes (especially the crazy ex-girlfriend and ditzy hormonal femal
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Apr 22, 2014
Caitlin H
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Sep 08, 2014
Adam Maid
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Sep 27, 2014
Laurie
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Nov 06, 2014
Julianne Dunn
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Nov 26, 2014
Megan
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Dec 14, 2014
Jenny
marked it as to-read
