This is one of those books that, even if I don't agree with everything it says (it takes a couple of cheap shots, kind of out of the blue, like when she attacks short, ugly men; some statements seem way too much written into stone), is a very interesting and necessary read, that won't bore you and will make you thing about some very important topics in any society, like prostitution, gender and power relations and the role of capitalism and money in gender (and human) relations. Despentes just goes on a rant for around 150 pages (in this translation) but she never becomes too repetitive and makes the reader want to read more about the topic and become more active in their daily life when it comes to these themes.
The best: it is a really worth your time and read around women, gender, men, violence...
The worst: it is ranty, so if you don't like that style...; a couple of cheap shots
Further reading: A lot, like "A Room of One's Own / Three Guineas" (Virginia Woolf), "Nightwork" (Anne Allison) or "Sex Among Allies: Military Prostitution in U.S.-Korea Relations" (Katharine H.S. Moon)
8/10
(Catalan translation by Marina Espasa)
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