Customer Reviews

Absolutely amazing, completely necessary reading, 26 Jul 2007

Reviewer: mcbirdie, a Going Steady Straight Female

I've had this book for quite some time, but haven't written a review until now because I actually wanted to go back through and read again some parts before I got down to actually talking about it.

I found this book simply amazing. And unbelievably erotic. I have read the majority of Nancy Friday's books and I've enjoyed them all for what they are--more academic, psychological insights into how and what women are fantasizing about. I greatly appreciated her clear, professional style and was impressed by the courage of the women who shared their stories. But while I found their stories interesting and occasionally used them as fodder for my own fantasies later, I did not find it to be a sexy read.

This one...is. By a lot. This is a book that you could technically read on a train, as the cover is completely non-pornographic, but I found that I couldn't bear reading more than one story in public. These are fantasies that spark off your own fantasies. I have kept this book by my bedside for weeks now and keep dipping back into it on a nightly basis.

The writing is much more direct than the previous volumes, as I think the men who wrote in were, for the most part, more comfortable owning their fantasies than the previous women were, so you will definitely find that this book is much more raw and sexual. Where the women often fantasized using metaphor or non-concrete images, these men go right for the pure sex.

There are certainly sections that you will find less arousing than others--not everyone sparks to the same thoughts--but there is so much here that I can't imagine anyone reading this and not finding something that sticks with them.

This is definitely a book that requires you writing your name in the front cover and keeping a tight eye on it. I've got several people lining up to borrow my copy...if I can ever bear to part with it.

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