Posted by My husband has always worked away during the week. It has never, therefore, been possible for me to take up any kind of hobby which would involve leaving the house on a weeknight without my children. Now though, he has a new job and so I joined a book club! (Edited to add: I never made it to a meeting – turns out anything after 4pm in winter is a no go for this pyjama fan!) The first book we read was Caitlin Moran’s How to be a Woman.
I was ridiculously excited about my new found freedom and couldn’t wait to get the book the group had chosen. I ordered it from Amazon, and sat down with it at the earliest opportunity.
How to be a Woman, Caitlin Moran
How to be a Woman is advertised as ‘The funniest book of the year’ on the cover, so I was really looking forward to a bit of a laugh when I started.
I very quickly realised though, to my dismay, that I didn’t like it. Not very much at all. The prologue was okay, and during the first chapter I did laugh once or twice, but from there I really struggled with it. I found the language to be just too crude for me and I think that spoiled the rest of my experience. I am a bit of a prude and I like feel good books so this isn’t one I would ever have chosen for myself anyway. There seem to be lots of sections of ranting, which is mentioned within the blurb, but some of it I had to re-read to follow properly.
I actually didn’t even finish this book. I hate to leave a book unfinished, but I just can’t get into How to be a Woman. Have you ever read a book you just couldn’t finish? I feel guilty for not reading it all! I will probably try to go back to it another time. For now though, it’s back on the bookshelf.
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Ah, such a shame you didn’t like it. I really loved it but I’ve been a fan of Caitlin’s since I used to read her in Melody Maker back in my teens.