Interesting and often illuminating. This book is a very good read for anyone, and incorporates a variety of styles and tones to approach the subject of female pleasure. Recommended.

This book, while a little graphic is great for both women and men. That elusive orgasm. I enjoyed the majority of the essays. There seemed to be a lot of repeating themes that seemed redundant. There are so many issues that affect orgasms that it would have been great to do more variety. However for those that need some guidance this book delivers!

This book is a little out of left field for me and is outside of my wheelhouse, but every so often I like to try something different and take myself outside the comfort zone.

First a non fiction book is not my normal read. Second a book with essays is not my usual. Third a book about female orgasms is definitely not something I read about often.

I loved the essay format for this one. They didn't need to be long in length to get what the author of each essay was getting at and there were a few where I was glad it was short because I couldn't connect or didn't care about that author's viewpoints. On the flip side there were a few that hit right home for me and really made me think about my childhood, my teenage and college years and my current self. This book made me reflect!

I am glad I didn't read this all in one sitting; instead I read a few here and there and had this book as my break in between other books or even in the middle of reading a few books that were difficult. I wouldn't mind finding another book like this that I can dip in and out of and not feel as though I was going to miss a plot point or significant moment.

Entertaining and completely relatable. Painfully truthful. It was great to read all of the different voices and hear the many things that get women going. A must read for any guy or gal.

I was really, really excited to read this from the first time I heard about it on Twitter. The preface and introduction were perfect - they made me pumped to read the rest of the book. If the preface and intro could be so funny and, well, real, then surely the rest of the book would follow. The first couple of essays were okay, but nothing really hooked me. Then the further I kept reading, the more repetitive the essays were. While these are real stories from real people, I felt like they were too similar and too focused on cis women. That said, it's definitely worth checking out!

I was captivated by this book the first time I saw it on Instagram. It was something that stuck out to me, and I knew I had to read it.

I loved the preface and the introduction. It made me tear up because I know how it can be. It made me laugh because it was relatable. I thought this would be the book for me. I felt empowered! It was incredible.

The further I got into the essays, the more unsure I was about the book. It seemed to be repetitive, and there were certain things that made me take a hard look at myself. I have been questioning my own sexuality lately, and maybe it is because of that, but MOAN just didn't sit right with me. Page after page, the empowerment I first felt was slowing slipping away.

Despite my own experience or lack thereof in some instances, this book is real. It's flawed, but it's real. It's real people, real stories, real orgasms (or the absence of). While the writing is anonymous, it's compelling and thought-provoking.

What a unique and intriguing nonfiction book! These anonymous essays are REAL, INTRIGUING, and delve into much DEEPER issues plaguing women.

I enjoyed reading each essay while also having some self discovery of my own. It was a great contrast to reading fictional romance where mainly women are writing and creating these books and of course its made up. BUT, MOAN is a great read and way to express women's sexuality in a fresh light!

3 1/2

Interesting at first but then seemed to get repetitive. It hit all kinds of age and sex. Mostly 20 some olds that seem to masterbate 24/7 and almost prefer that over everything. I have nothing against 20 some year olds.

I like the idea of empowering woman to talk about sex and orgasms. It needs to be conversation we need to have more often without feeling like we are sluts or preverted. Woman talking about sex or even liking sex always has a bad connotation, and men can watch talk and brag like its their badge of honor. Just another way woman are suppressed in today’s society.

Interesting and liberating,

If you’re interested in women’s sexuality, especially when presented through informal essays from a ton of women (mostly het, but some queer), this is a great read. I shared a ton of quotes -- ones that spoke to me, ones that were fun, ones that were fucking truth -- and, yes, a few that I very much disagreed with. I'm glad I took the chance on this ARC; I never accept non-romance review requests, an d definitely never for non-fiction titles, but this one is just so on brand for me and ended up being a great read, one that made me consider my own sexuality.