|
| 
 enlarge | Author: Diablo Cody
Category: Book
Buy New: $27.93
New (8) Used (10) from $14.04
Avg. Customer Rating:  86 reviews
Sales Rank: 530757
Format: Bargain Price
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.3 x 5.6 x 1
ASIN: B000FZDKNO
Publication Date: December 29, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
|
| Customer Reviews:
 3.5 Stars May 23, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I read this book a few years ago and was happy to see Cody switch mediums to Screen Writing (overall better for her writing style). Cody's attempts to fill every page and moment with an exorbitant amount of wit at every turn plays out better on the screen than in a book format.
From the beginning, she was trying to make every sentence stand out and it almost became a list of "look at all of the neat things I know about" instead of a book of her experiences. It was at times an interesting look into her perception of life as a sex worker but her constant body image issues coupled with her ill-placed and overabundant wit became very old, very fast.
Ironically, when looking at pictures of Cody it is very apparent she is an attractive woman. Throughout the book she constantly describes not physically fitting in with the other women which in context is laughable. Perhaps she suffers from the self-esteem that curses a lot of us women.
All in all, not a bad read but I guess the only way to summarize is "too witty for it's own good." The book could have thrived with less of the humor and sometimes attempts and the book would have been excellent. The writing style was just too over the top for my taste. At times I wasn't sure whether to laugh or roll my eyes and towards the end of the book I was doing a lot more of the latter.
 Phenomenal book written from an aberrant point of view April 28, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Fabulous work that I could physically not put down. This book is to stripping what The Naked Ape is to humans. The author does not go for the easy kill of a tell all recollection of crazy times, rather she approaches the subject more from an anthropologists point of view but in a hysterical way. Cody is truly craftswoman with words, able to compress hilarious descriptions of disgusting situations and interesting people into single sentences. As a frequent patron of stip clubs I will never be able to gaze across the tip rail in the same way again. This book should be read by feminists and rockers alike.
Bird's eye view of a life on the pole. April 25, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Intelligent memoir about a profession where intelligence is the trait least required - stripping. Ms. Cody decides to try stripping on a bit of a whim, during a local amateur night. Even as she left the club that night she knew she would be back. She "wanted to feel the way I had onstage again. Agitated. More vulnerable that a newborn fawn still mottled with placental muck. If I could have recaptured that feeling by parachuting or finding God or backpacking to Marrakech or anything, I would have. But only one thing would hit the glory spot, and that was stripping".
Cody's quick mind and original language are a definite plus.
While I read this book I was aware of the voyeurism involved, both by Diablo herself, and by me by being intrigued.
The title is apt as she does spin a frothy, candy coating on stripping although some parts, particularly her turn in the "Doll House" were downright sickening.
Everything you ever wanted to know about the sex industry April 25, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Candy Girl was written by Diablo Cody in her pre-Academy Award winning screenwriter days. Back then she was a very quiet copy typist who felt like getting out of her shell by signing up for amateur night at a strip club. This wonderful, hilarious and insightful chronicle she has produced gives you all the gory details without them even seeming gory. I read it in two days without forcing myself. By far my favorite book by my favorite writer.
Great Goodness April 20, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Very entertaining & extremely well written. The subject matter isn't boring at all either :) The style is great, a lot like Diablo Cody's screenplay 'Juno'.
|
|
|
Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| |
