A non-fiction book that reports the inner, predominantly sexual, lives of three women in the United States. A completely fascinating piece of record; who doesn't want to know what leads a woman to start an affair, acquiesce to a married life that includes having sex with men in front of her husband, or... to be coerced by a predatory high school teacher? That last one's the head scratcher, but I won't deny the readability of this book.

Taddeo flourishes her reporting with writing styles that differ between the women, making their accounts (along with the tremendously talented audiobook narrators!) distinct not only in story but in the emotions provoked as reader. For non-fiction—for something called reporting—I wouldn't say this was objective. Or about a varied group of women and their sex lives (despite marketing, very little is understood regarding their actual desires). It's insightful only into these three specific women (all of whom, it must be said, are white, straight, and cis-gender). Taddeo's thesis she seems to be trying to prove from the outset (not sure if it's too spoilery to share here, so I won't?), is pretty pessimistic, and true. But I'm not sure what this non-fiction book intends to bring to the world, beyond three cases that prove, yep, we live in a patriarchy.

Like I said, it's intensely readable—hell, I read it in the space of 24 hours on audio—but by the end I felt defeated as a woman and confused as to intent.