A bold title, a VERY bold title indeed. “The Year of the What? // The year of the Slut” is a powerful statement into itself, given that it is aimed to shock the reader into curiosity and awareness, something that it does effectively.

THANKFULLY, we at Scribble’s Worth are pro-shock, pro-women, pro-indie, pro-diversity and inclusion of all and are not hindered by profanity, no matter the amount of it in a book, as long as it doesn’t affect the quality of the writing, and although erotica/smut is a little bit off for us, we dared to give a try on this book to see if it would deliver the shock-value that the title implies, and it paid-off because this is one of the best books of the year, and it shows.

So, off we start and for first impressions, we give it a 10/10 because it’s funny, as the title page, goes like: “Year of the what? – A true story… kinda”  ha! Now we know that we’ll get humour from Jennifer Lieberman, and not long after that we get a “Who da fuck is Candice?” and we love it already! Not because there’s profanity per say, but because the author has the guts to use it liberally and off the start of the book.

Why are we valuing that? You ask?

Because, if you are going to tell the truth, or something of value, you have to be willing to ruffle feathers, and rock boats, even if that means being misunderstood, and Jennifer Lieberman starts off her book with surfing waves and right off the batch, which means that, we assume, she wanted to separate her readers right away and here’s how: if you are the type of person that gets easily offended and can’t handle simple words such as “fuck”, “slut”, or “pussy”, then this book is not the book for you and you won’t waste your time reading it. IF, however, you are open-minded enough to actually read these words often and are the type of reader that is receptive to the open themes such as sexuality and profanity, then this book will suit you. 

Full Written Review here. 

Book Score: 9.0/10

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