Book Review: How To Be A Woman - Caitlin Moran

Howdy folks,
It's time for a book review which I haven't yet done on this blog before!

So today's book review is How To Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran. I had seen many feminist bloggers and vloggers talking about this book and was desperate to read it so I was rather excited when I unwrapped this at Christmas.  What I loved was it was one of those empowering feminist books and not the man eating side of feminism but the equal rights and understanding is the way forward type of books. I loved this book more than I can express with words. It was so perfectly written, going from Caitlin's experience growing into a woman and including parts of her life now. I read this book and things I was reading made me realise that I wasn't a complete nutcase at 15, instead it was completely normal how I was thinking and feeling. Yes I'd had reassurance from mum over the time but there's nothing like reading that a stranger went through the same experiences as well. Caitlin's book was so beautifully written, it had so much wit and intelligence and had me laughing multiple times through out. It's one of those books that I think every 15 year old should be made to read. I would have been such a different and more confident person if I had been given this at 15 and shown that I was normal.

The gorgeous Caitlin!

Caitlin covered an array of topics in her book from "I Need A Bra" to "Why You Shouldn't / Should have children" and you get to follow Caitlin on her journey of becoming a woman. It was an inspiring read and so though provoking. I sat in fits of laughter at various points, one of those being the chat she had with her sister about what to call their vagina's and then how that changed when she had children. The whole books is so honestly written and nothing is seen as too "disgusting" to be written about. It's going to sound rather strange but it's like having a chat with a friend whilst reading this book as Caitlin is so open about her experiences with growing up and becoming a woman. Admittedly I'm fangirling a little over her now as I think she is just completely wonderful and I cannot wait to read more of the books that she has written.

I like to rate books out of five and spend ages thinking long and hard about how I want to rate them. I want to give How To Be A Woman 4 and 1/2 stars because it was just spectacular and I highly recommend it to you all!

Lots of Love,
Rebecca
xxx