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ninetalevixen 's review for:
The Female Brain
by Louann Brizendine
More like 2.5 stars, if I'm being completely honest, but given the intent and subject matter I can justify rounding up.
Some really interesting points that I didn't know, but at times the writing was clumsy — some of the anecdotes read like cheap romance novellas, and sometimes I had to reread a phrase several times to understand its meaning. Also, a lot of her comments relating to other aspects of psychology and/or society (i.e., autism) were at worst ableist and at best ignorant; I also disliked the way she generalized women's experiences.
Still, this is a pretty good overview of what the female brain does and how it differs from its male counterpart over the course of a lifetime, and I learned quite a bit.
Some really interesting points that I didn't know, but at times the writing was clumsy — some of the anecdotes read like cheap romance novellas, and sometimes I had to reread a phrase several times to understand its meaning. Also, a lot of her comments relating to other aspects of psychology and/or society (i.e., autism) were at worst ableist and at best ignorant; I also disliked the way she generalized women's experiences.
Still, this is a pretty good overview of what the female brain does and how it differs from its male counterpart over the course of a lifetime, and I learned quite a bit.