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Summary: WHY IS THERE NO ZERO RATING?
Review: The stories in this book have no plot, all they basically are is a bunch of sex scenes strung together. And there is something seriously wrong with S&M. Pain is not supposed to feel good. And as for the Victorian-era story "the Finishing School": If you want a Victorian story with a plot, save your time and energy for the real writers like Dickens.
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Summary: A classic of bedtime reading
Review: The trouble with what literary people like to call erotica and what the rest of us know as porn is that either it's terribly hifalutin and trails off into a row of dots just before it gets good, or else it's dismally badly written. The great virtue of Macho Sluts is that Pat Califia is, apart from anything else, a damn good writer who doesn't smear Vaseline on the lens, as it were. I'm not the only person to testify that you don't have to be into S&M, or a lesbian, or even a woman, to enjoy this book. (Though if you can't imagine what it might like to be one or all of the above, then you won't find it very rewarding - like the person below who claimed that it was all sex scenes. Well, duhh.) The Calyx of Isis is one of the most extraordinarily arousing things ever written; truly, the hormones have reason, of which the stated sex on your birth certificate knows nothing. I wouldn't want to advise anybody not to read this book - but please, with a title like Macho Sluts, you should at least have some idea of what you're getting into.
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Summary: Interesting but it drones.
Review: This book has far too much build-up and sometimes has nothing of interest at the end of the journey. I also couldn't figure out who the sexual encounters were appealing to...except that it obviously wasn't for typical [person]... I guess maybe that's Califia's point. Anyway...prudes, beware. All in all, too much reading for too little action. And when the action arrives, it gets hum-drum from her descriptions.
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Summary: More than TOO HOT!
Review: This is probably the best book I have ever read. There are great plots and GREAT sex. It is not for the faint at heart. It is for those that know about their own power and know how to use it! Great reading!
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Summary: More than TOO HOT!
Review: This is probably the best book I have ever read. There are great plots and GREAT sex. It is not for the faint at heart. It is for those that know about their own power and know how to use it! Great reading!
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Summary: Reading this book set Me on the path to becoming a ProDomme.
Review: This is such a classic. If you like BDSM, lesbians, Pat Califia or well-written AND hot erotica, then you'll love Macho Sluts. All of the stories in this collection are excellent, and most of them are surprising in some way. The best story in this collection is "The Hustler" which will make you cream your panties while you worry about the direction feminism and our government are headed. Yes, I'm serious. And anyone in the life, especially anyone who has lost a Mistress or a mentor to the streets, will identify with the characters and their motivations.
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Summary: Quite the eye/heart/mind opener!
Review: This was my BDSM "coming out" book. No, MACHO SLUTS, isn't for the faint of heart. I first read it many years ago and was both shaken and thrilled to have my ideas about what constitutes normality,pleasure,pain and love so thoroughly brought into question. It was a riveting read. I had trouble putting it down even when I was finished. To this day I will pick up my ragged copy and re-read it. Again, it's NOT for the faint of heart -- or for those who are dyed-in-the-wool vanilla. If your mind is closed and your world is small, this book will scare the s--- out of you. Personally, I loved it. It's one of my all-time favorites.
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