Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity Audiobook

" So, I just couldn't bring myself to really read this one. A friend was passing around an early release edition. The excerpts I did read were all somehow about unfortunate sexual situations. "

" This book really hit home for me, I can see a lot of myself in the author. She doesn't hold back on her experiences, she tells it like it is which makes it so much easier to relate to. Definately a book for adults due to the sexual nature. "

" If you like fairy tales, mushy windblown love stories and prince charming, this is not the book for you. Cohen lays it down raw and honest and thats what drew me in, what kept me flipping pages was how much I related. Awesome book that I never really set out to read but was grabbed by from the beginning. "

" I am a fan of memoirs in general, and I feel this book is a courageous one and a compelling read. I probably would have rated it a 3.5 or 3.75, were that an option. I appreciated its lack of artifice, its simplicity and its rawness. She never once says "sex addiction" because I don't know that it would be the proper term--maybe relationship addiction? As other reviewers have said, I think it could be a valuable read for anyone who works with teenage girls or who has or cares about someone who has similar issues. (Most of us know or have known someone who does.) Many people have written books with lots of sex scenes in them, but not many illuminate the reality of the "relationships" beyond the sex--the getting ready, the waiting, the consequences, the hanging on to a relationship when there's not much to hang onto, the always waiting for something better. Cohen lived an extremely privileged life that allowed many opportunities that she DID take--I would have liked the book to incorporate the ones she gave up, such as travel (as she mentioned in her afterword). Two criticisms--characters not fleshed out enough (I would have liked more of a sense of who the Jennifers were, for one), and the ending. It was much too abrupt. I'm glad she evolved into a happily married mother of two, but what made her husband different? How will her experiences color her own parenting? I was left with a lot of questions. By the same token, I was glad it was not all tied up with a perfect bow. I think the way the book ended illustrates the uncertainty all addicts face, and the reality that they can never completely stop working on their recovery. "

" This was a pretty good book...definitely a quick read. It wasn't a life-changing type-read, but I definitely respect the story and it seems that the author really used the writing of the story as a form of therapy for herself. All in all--good. "

" I can't say this was an interesting book, but it was short. I can see how many girls go through this type of thing, especially these days. Trying to find love in all the wrong places is something too many of us do. There is no 'helping' in this book. The author has sex with countless men up into she gets married. It just tells her story from the age of 14 until then. Sex, drugs, drinking. "

" The girl may be loose, but this book is tigher'n a drum. Great writing on a sometimes uncomfortable and difficult subject. Huzzah Ms Cohen, Huzzah! "

" A book that hit close to home. Great read for anyone woman that tried to fill their lack of a father figure with men. "

" I wish every young boy and girl in our country was required to read this book... "

" This was one of the most powerful books I have ever read. Every woman can relate to the story being told and I suggest that EVERYONE read it. I cried at the end, not even because it was sad, but because I could completely understand the was that "need" being described. Perfection. "

" A woman looks back at her life as she struggled with self-acceptance and tried to fill the empty space with men. "

" A sad but true memoir of a teenage girl who is constantly seeking affirmation from boys. It seems redundant at times that because she can't forgo the attention of a boy. "

" Read it in 4 days. Couldn't put it down! "

" An easy read except the font was small. I enjoyed Kerry's honesty and openness about who she had been and how she came to be who she now is. "

" As a father, this book was troubling to read. I'm glad I did because it forced me to look at the relationship with my daughter. "

" Truthful account of a girl desperate for closeness and intimacy, who has sex with dozens of men and boys in her teens and 20s. Frustrating, exhausting, and hopeful memoir. "

" Kerry reminds me of myself when I was younger. (Not that much younger. When I was in my late teens early twenties) I used to find love by sleeping around hopeing to find someone to love me. Obviously it doesn't work like that. Quick read but also good. "

" Terribly predictable and a waste of time. "

" Amazing. Changed my view of what I have done to women in my past. "

" Not much of anything...slept with alot of people. Did not care for how it ended...never really told us what made her change, except maybe she grew up? "

" Heartbreaking, compelling, very well-written. I read this in one day, and although her take-away as a promiscuous girl was extremely different from my own take-away as a promiscuous girl (in re: shame), she was able to relay the story in a way that made me feel her pain. "

" In some ways I had a hard time connecting to the book since clingy people usually just annoys me but I can also understand her feelings since I kind of the same way (just not to the extreme she was). As a whole I would recommend this book. "