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erikawithak32's review against another edition
5.0
Jenna Jameson tells how she conquered a male-dominant industry. This book is very intimate. She is great!
tallkotte's review against another edition
3.0
A little too long, but still manages to hold one's attention. Her life is powerful and interesting, and I can not help but feel a little guilty when I read certain parts. A book I will not read again, but I'm glad I did it once.
mandyfish's review against another edition
2.0
Basically, a disappointment. It grabbed me at the beginning and slowly lost me over the course of the book. There really wasn't nearly enough about the porn industry, or what it is like to work in the porn business. I mean, that's why we regular folks picked this book up. Instead, we are given Jenna's life story, one of drug addiction and abusive men, and a story of repeating the same destructive patterns over and over again.
The title makes no sense to me, aside from the obvious marketing ploy. Way to mislead readers and irritate them.
The title makes no sense to me, aside from the obvious marketing ploy. Way to mislead readers and irritate them.
homa99's review against another edition
2.0
Boring boring boring boring. For the love of God, if you're in the porn industry, play up squalor and filth. Don't write a PG-13 book and PLEASE don't make it a Lifetime Original Movie. It reminded me of my experience seeing Coyote Ugly: I went with a friend one lazy summer afternoon, both of us ready to drop loot on a smut-fest of boobs and coke and maybe a little violence. Then we saw that it was rated PG-13. Dreams flushed down the toilet. Lord, it sucked. This is better than that, but leaves you with the same disappointment.
colleengeedrumm's review against another edition
4.0
Lots of pretty pictures!
I have so often thought of gathering my things and wandering until I have found my correct place.
But I am trying as hard as I possibly can to get through this part of my life, and maybe I will get through without permanent damage, jus scars.
They don't realize that the strength they need has to come from within.
I learned an important thing about dating: The person who wants the least amount of commitment in a relationship is the one who holds the reins.
I have so often thought of gathering my things and wandering until I have found my correct place.
But I am trying as hard as I possibly can to get through this part of my life, and maybe I will get through without permanent damage, jus scars.
They don't realize that the strength they need has to come from within.
I learned an important thing about dating: The person who wants the least amount of commitment in a relationship is the one who holds the reins.
labunnywtf's review against another edition
2.0
Ding ding.
Look here, Jameson. I am a phone strumpet. I have, in my time, heard hundreds of euphemisms for sex organs. And never. ever. ever. have I heard anyone refer to a vagina as a goddamn ding ding.
YOU ARE AN ADULT FILM STAR. I HOLD YOU TO A HIGHER STANDARD THAN THE PERVERTS OF THE WORLD WHO CALL MY VAGINA A HONEY BUN AND OTHER VARIOUS AND SUNDRY. WHY ON THIS WHOLE GREEN EARTH WOULD YOU CALL IT A FUCKING DING DING.
Seriously, I would get really really really into a chapter, she'd say the word ding ding, and I would need to take a moment.
Neil Strauss is an excellent co author. I've read a few books now that he's worked on with celebrities, and he does an excellent job of keeping the story moving all while maintaining the celebrity's voice.
It's not easy to read this book (Ding Ding aside). She is very open and blunt about her life experiences, from some serious traumatic incidents in her younger years to the drugs and violence that dominated her life once she started in the adult industry.
And for the most part, I respect her for it. She clawed her way up the ladder and stepped on everyone she needed to. Sex workers get less respect than almost anyone in this world. Porn stars are above maybe strippers and street walking prostitutes, but below high end escorts. It's a ridiculous world.
But there is plenty not to like about her. I know that this book was written 10+ years ago, and she's since divorced her husband Jay, but how do you root for a relationship that is so clearly abusive and unhealthy? I realized I was coming to the end of the book, and that this was the happy ending, but goddamn, it is not. And since the release, she became involved with a UFC fighter (I believe) and had the children she so craved, and it appears that relationship was even less healthy.
Jenna owns up to the fact that she was a diva cunt on set, which I will give her credit for. She acknowledges that her bad life choices led to bad behavior professionally, basically laying it all out there for the detractors who would pick apart the book and give stories of how she is a horrible person. Have to love that.
I had a lot of issues with this book. But I do have respect for Jenna Jameson. I can't list five adult film actors off the top of my head (though I would possibly know their faces), but I know her name. And so do millions of other people. Major props.
Look here, Jameson. I am a phone strumpet. I have, in my time, heard hundreds of euphemisms for sex organs. And never. ever. ever. have I heard anyone refer to a vagina as a goddamn ding ding.
YOU ARE AN ADULT FILM STAR. I HOLD YOU TO A HIGHER STANDARD THAN THE PERVERTS OF THE WORLD WHO CALL MY VAGINA A HONEY BUN AND OTHER VARIOUS AND SUNDRY. WHY ON THIS WHOLE GREEN EARTH WOULD YOU CALL IT A FUCKING DING DING.
Seriously, I would get really really really into a chapter, she'd say the word ding ding, and I would need to take a moment.
Neil Strauss is an excellent co author. I've read a few books now that he's worked on with celebrities, and he does an excellent job of keeping the story moving all while maintaining the celebrity's voice.
It's not easy to read this book (Ding Ding aside). She is very open and blunt about her life experiences, from some serious traumatic incidents in her younger years to the drugs and violence that dominated her life once she started in the adult industry.
And for the most part, I respect her for it. She clawed her way up the ladder and stepped on everyone she needed to. Sex workers get less respect than almost anyone in this world. Porn stars are above maybe strippers and street walking prostitutes, but below high end escorts. It's a ridiculous world.
But there is plenty not to like about her. I know that this book was written 10+ years ago, and she's since divorced her husband Jay, but how do you root for a relationship that is so clearly abusive and unhealthy? I realized I was coming to the end of the book, and that this was the happy ending, but goddamn, it is not. And since the release, she became involved with a UFC fighter (I believe) and had the children she so craved, and it appears that relationship was even less healthy.
Jenna owns up to the fact that she was a diva cunt on set, which I will give her credit for. She acknowledges that her bad life choices led to bad behavior professionally, basically laying it all out there for the detractors who would pick apart the book and give stories of how she is a horrible person. Have to love that.
I had a lot of issues with this book. But I do have respect for Jenna Jameson. I can't list five adult film actors off the top of my head (though I would possibly know their faces), but I know her name. And so do millions of other people. Major props.