Woman
2014 • 560 pages

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Average rating3.7

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Nackereia
HeidiSupporter

This book is an interesting read. Very informative. Not entirely my cup of tea (hence the 3 stars), but it's not a bad book.
Would definitely recommend to friends. I skimmed through a couple of chapters because they bored me (a chapter about how hormones work and the final chapter).

This book is really informative about how your body works when pregnant/breastfeeding, the different releases of hormones through your body that make you bond with the new baby instead of wanting to get rid of it (I must be lacking in that hormone because I do not want any babies. I like cats better), it's informative about why certain areas of women's bodies are more likely to get cancer (the uterus/breasts), and how we tend to stroke each other/pets at the same rate (40 strokes per minute).

The parts I was interested in were well-written and easy to read. The parts I didn't much care about were kind of a bore. To be honest, though, this book was more entertaining than my 8th grade science education about the human body and more informative (although, you should take into account that in 8th grade, I was an ignoramous who didn't believe knowing how my menstrual cycle worked would have any bearing on my life).

November 15, 2012Report this review