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I Am An Emotional Creature: The Secret Life Of Girls Around The World (2010)

by Eve Ensler(Favorite Author)

4.01 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1400061040 (ISBN13: 9781400061044)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

Villard

review 1: I was really interested by the topic but I just didn't understand the way the author tried to deliver the message.The book was a collection of different types of texts and my main problem was that I felt it lacked coherence. The mix of short stories, kind of poems, and lists-thingie might have been interesting but I failed to see how they connected beyond the obvious (girl centric)theme.I think with a different balance between the 3 types I might have enjoyed it....- I really liked the short stories. They were short but to the point. Really interesting. I loved them but there was just not enough of them.- Some of the poems were nice... But not being that fond of poetry, I found them to be too long and too many.- The list-things, well sorry I didn't get the point.... And ... moreagain too many of them.
review 2: This is a book I will cherish for many years to come. In it, Eve Ensler creates dialogues for girls, each inspired "by an article, an experience, a memory, a dream, a wish, an image, or a moment of grief and rage. Many "Girl Facts" are given before topics. One such fact was, "Barbie was based on a German doll named Lilli that was sold as a sexy novelty for men." I adored each and every monologue, sometimes written as prose, poetry, or story. All touched my heart in profound ways, as they each evoked an awareness, a recognition, and heartfelt truths. Ensler talks about the energy girls possess to change the world, the way they make us question ourselves, often to "wake up!" She shows how girls are under tremendous pressure to please, to fit in, to push themselves to do what boys want, to be pretty and skinny. Many of these monologues left me on tears, or screaming that nothing ever changes. I wish I had this book when I was a girl. Every story, no matter how it is written, often took me back to my own childhood. Yet this book is not one merely for girls, it is written for everyone. The insights are far-reaching as Ensler travels around the world. The main aim of this book is for us all to question rather than to please. Highly recommended. less

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