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>>3890509

From a goodreads review:

First of all, this book makes '50 Shades of Grey' read like 'Pride and Prejudice'. If the back cover hadn?t revealed who Sasha Grey was, I certainly would have sussed it out after reading just a few pages: the dialogue may as well have been taken straight out of a porn movie. ?Your hard cock feels so good in my tight little mouth. It tastes so good. It feels so fucking good, doesn?t it?? This confused me, as I was under the impression that the protagonist was a college student called Catherine, not a porn star called Sasha. I guess I was wrong...

Grey often puts the story on hold in order to philosophize about the role of sex in film, literature and society as a whole. At times this almost works, but mostly it just ruins the flow of the story: it all feels a little clunky and fragmented. Even more odd is a comparison made between William Blake and -believe it or not - ejaculation: ?You know that line by William Blake about ?the world in a grain of sand?? Well, I can see the universe in a grain of Jack?s come.? That awkward analogy may just have ruined one of my favourite poems.

I've given this book two stars rather than one because, on the plus side, the second half is better than the first, and it's also provided me with my new favourite euphemism: [ during a night of reignited passion with boyfriend Jack, Sasha (I mean Catherine ? I honestly just wrote ?Sasha? without realising!) finds herself sitting on a spice rack: her ass, now ?marinating in its own juices?, accidentally ?snorts? some hot chilli while Jack readies himself to ?leave his yeast in my oven?. Incredible!