Like many recent book introductions, it’s a lot of tell, not show, and reads like a tacked-on exercise that dilutes the book’s intention and intelligence. The book’s introduction is weak and gratuitous, littered with quotes from unnamed women that feel forced. She’s smart about social history but falters when she gets personal, indulging feelings about her own rear and dating history that add little beyond dulling her feminist and modern take. Radke proves a witty, incisive observer, particularly when she steers clear of academic jargon. Radke is an eager, inventive reporter, relishing her search into greater understanding of why so many women, starting with herself, have such complicated relationships with their rears. Her interest lies in glutei maximi that tend toward maximal. Though curious and wide-ranging in her investigation, Radke chose to leave some behinds behind.
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