Search - The Vagina Monologues: The V-Day Edition

This book was fantastic! I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, even though some of the monologues were heartbreaking. I just happened to catch 'The Vagina Monologues' on HBO shortly after I read the book, very funny, very sad. I also liked the foreword by Gloria Steinem. Cunt! Cunt! I don't know, I'm still not too fond of that word, but it was nice to learn of it's origins. How did it end up being derogatory, I wonder? I highly recommend this book! February 14th is V-Day from now on!

To be honest, I was very disappointed in this book. I went into this with high expectations only to be extremely let down. This book was over before it really even started. Maybe the performance is better than reading it by oneself.

I do believe that women should be in touch with themselves, no pun intended, but I did not think the vignettes in this book were very insightful. Although some parts were interesting, I felt, as a whole, the book lacked substance.

If my vagina could talk, it would sum this book up in one word: overrated.

I had high expectations for this book and maybe that's why I can only give it three stars. I expected more --as in quantity -- of monologues. The majority of the book was the introduction, the foreword, and a discussion about V-Day and how it came to be. The introduction to each monologue as well as the monologue itself was fantastic. I just was left wanting more.

I was excited to read this because it had been so highly rated. To say the least, I was disappointed. I found it vulgar and somewhat upsetting, almost as if she was looking for the shock factor. I felt dirty after reading it, not empowered.