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Summary: Title is rather deceiving
Review: So, I bought this book thinking I was going to learn how to "open up to sexual creativity and erotic expression" but mostly what I got was "The World According to Susie." While some of her insights were actually quite good, I found the book disjointed. Rarely did it deliver what the title promised.
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Summary: Susie Bright scores again: smart talk about sex and society
Review: Susie Bright gets better with every book: smarter, sharper, funnier, deeper. To paraphrase writer Raymond Carver, Bright explores what we talk about when we talk about sex...and what we're talking about when we pretend sex isn't important. Bright's "Erotic Manifesto" is an inspiring call to arms. Terrific writing, provocative questions...and great stories about her groovy daughter Aretha.
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Summary: Susie Bright is a genius!
Review: Susie Bright is a f****** genius, pun intended. Everytime I think she's said all she can say about sex and expect her to start repeating herself, she surprises me and comes up with something new and exciting. This book is an open, honest, intelligent, but irreverent discussion of the sexual issues we all need to be discussing with our partners, our kids, our parents, our friends and any one else who will listen.
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Summary: The Best She's Ever Written!
Review: Susie Bright is the most interesting writer we have when it comes to sex. She's funny, irreverant and wildly untamed and original. Lots of great information in this book!
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Summary: Erotic Reality -- Telling it like it is.
Review: Susie Bright tells us what we know in our hearts to be true, about sex, truth, and living with both.Full Exposure is Bright addressing so many of the questions we all struggle with, every day: What do I want, how do I know? How do I tell someone else? What if they don't like it? How do I get it? Am I attractive? Am I afraid? Am I Good? and on and on. She addresses these questions coming straight from reality -- expect no fluffy simple answers here, for example, here is Bright talking about talking with kids about sex: ---------start quote----------- My daughter and I were watching TV the other day, and a scene came on where a boy tries to kiss a girl, and she protests, pushing him away. "They always do that," Aretha said. "Why does the girl always push the kisser away?" And I knew what the next question was, because she also sees how that same darn girl ends up kissing that same boy in the end. Now I had my whole little spiel lined up, and I was ready to go about how sexist most movies are, and how women are always played for virgin fools or whorish demons. But Aretha's question was so deep, deeper than my Hollywood critique. What do I want to tell her about being a woman, and about what women want from sex? I realize that I want her to know, right off the bat, that I'm still answering that question for myself. -------------end quote--------- At the end of the book is a chapter offering a series of, well sort of "thought experiments". I can't wait to try out the ones I haven't done yet.
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Summary: *SHUDDER*
Review: This book has some fundamental flaws. Her random hypothesis, based seemingly on magic and medieval spirituality, is too far fetched to have any practical application in the real world or to any rational person. Her switch from first person to third person to a seemingly mystical nymph all in the same sentence had me at wit's end trying to determine exactly what she was trying to conclude. Having the entire book written without punctuation, correct spelling, or paragraphs had a hard edge when she was trying to prove her point at the beginning, but it soon dwindles to boring drivel and makes it exceptionally uninteresting to read. Ms. Bright should not only get out of her ivory tower, she should jump from its highest point. A must read for anyone recently lobotomized.
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Summary: Good attitude, little to say
Review: This book is a disappointment. Repetitive and ordinary writing, with little content. I like Bright's forthright attitude about sexual issues. If only she could find something new to say, besides the fairly obvious fact that sex is important.
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Summary: Not very good
Review: This seems like a cheezy rip-off of all the "Soul" books, like Care of the Soul, Seat of the Soul, Soul of Sex, etc. They take a lot of words to say a little bit of nothing.
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Summary: My first Susie Bright book. :)
Review: This was my first Susie Bright book, as it was the only one I could find at the bookstore near my house. It didn't look as appealing as her others I'd heard of, but, if this is her worst, she's doing really well! Bright deals openly, honestly, and often humorously, with a subject others can be far, far too closeted about: sexuality. How our creative sexual energy is present in everything we do, and the negative effects of denying that simple fact, are both dealt with eloquently. At points, however, I felt like I was just being told things I already know. Still, isn't that a good feeling, when you see your thoughts & opinions validated in print by someone who has managed to publish them? And I can't say I'd already thought about everything she discussed, so there was still some educational value. Bright managed to ask a lot of thought-provoking questions that, if you try hard to honestly answer them, could change the way you look at the world. All in all, _Full Exposure_ was a quick, fun, witty, smart, thought-provoking read. I'd definitely recommend it.
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Summary: My first Susie Bright book. :)
Review: This was my first Susie Bright book, as it was the only one I could find at the bookstore near my house. It didn't look as appealing as her others I'd heard of, but, if this is her worst, she's doing really well! Bright deals openly, honestly, and often humorously, with a subject others can be far, far too closeted about: sexuality. How our creative sexual energy is present in everything we do, and the negative effects of denying that simple fact, are both dealt with eloquently. At points, however, I felt like I was just being told things I already know. Still, isn't that a good feeling, when you see your thoughts & opinions validated in print by someone who has managed to publish them? And I can't say I'd already thought about everything she discussed, so there was still some educational value. Bright managed to ask a lot of thought-provoking questions that, if you try hard to honestly answer them, could change the way you look at the world. All in all, _Full Exposure_ was a quick, fun, witty, smart, thought-provoking read. I'd definitely recommend it.
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