AIBU to find the new Caitlin Moran book "How to be a woman "really dull?

[hwjm1945]

got it for xmas, she is a good columnist, IMHO, but the book was so dreary, going on and on about hte same old stuff in a really self referential way, saying nothing new or nothing that cannot be said many times better. Am I alone in thinking that she only gotr the book cos she is famous and youngish and hippish? Her stuff about abortion and childbirht was buttock clenchingly juvenile, IMHO

I find her funny and enjoyed the personal segments, especially the account of her abortion (well, perhaps 'enjoyed' is the wrong word there, but it was engaging and well-written). I agree that her style works much better in small doses. I got a bit fed up of the constant WRITING IN CAPITALS and exclamatory verbalisations (SCREAM!): reminded me if a fifteen year old girl's blog.

I bought it ages ago, but have only just got round to reading it. I'm about two chapters in and feel meh about it - I'm just hoping it picks up a bit.

I agree that it's like reading a 15 year olds diary, which to be fair, is what the chapters I have read are about. All the capitals and lists are beginning to grate.

I think she is planning to make it into a film or tv show. But I may have dreamt that because I seem to remember her telling that to Fay Weldon. [very ]

I think it's a brilliant book. Don't read it as a feminist text, read it as her personal take on feminism.

The abortion chapter was interesting. I am pro-abortion but it made even me feel queasy. But I'm glad it was there because she actually describes the procedure (how often do you see that?) and gives an honest account of her feelings. I don't think I've read anything quite like that before, with the possible exception of an article by Julie Burchill I read which (believe it or not) gave a very funny account of her abortions. But you have to take everything JB says with a pinch of salt.

On the subject of her feminism, I think she really makes a big mistake from not considering it as a political issue at all. There are parts of the world where you can be stoned to death for being raped. Feminism is all about the balance of power, and she doesn't consider this at all. But I have to say she does make up for it with the memoir bits which are hysterically funny.