BLA Review

My group read The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine and I was not a fan. Her argument was that women's brains are different than men's. I felt that her argument was well supported by facts and logic and that's about it. She lacked any sort of personal writing style. She was straight forward and it read more like a textbook then a persuasive argument. It's like she assumed that anyone who read the book already believed that she was right. She didn't spend much time showing her reader that she had the authority to talk about this subject. She opens with the fact that she is well educated and that's about the only time you hear about her credentials. She also lacks any personal interest in her clients who she talks about as examples in her book. When she talks about them she uses this awful detached tone that makes her seem like a mean person and only cares about how these people better her argument which only hurts her credibility more in my opinion. Also instead of explaining terms as she goes she decided to put a 4 page glossary in the front of her book. I did not like this. It was confusing to try to figure out the technical terms and what context she was using them in it. It was definitely not an easy read. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this book to people who are truly not interested in brains and brain chemistry because you will find it to be a difficult and boring read.