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 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
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 Entertaining Yet Overwritten February 14, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
There's no descriptive phrase or pop culture reference Cody doesn't make in this book that is so snarky, it's almost a parody of snark. "My first holiday season in Minneapolis crept up on me like a drooling sprog in Dr. Dentons." She has a descriptive phrase to describe practically every noun and sometimes it seems like you're being beat over the head by her clever writing, especially when the pop culture references, descriptions and metaphors don't really help you picture in your mind what she's talking about. You're just bowled over by the enthusiasm of her writing style. I can see how she caught on with Hollywood so quickly. They latch on to the visual, and this is a very, very visual book.
Pretty much she describes several dozen shifts at a variety of different strip clubs so you feel like you were there. It's almost like watching a movie in your head. And this is a very candid, very dirty, very unglamorous movie. Does this woman have the world's most unbelievably perfect boyfriend? She will do well in Hollywood.
 A hand party when you want a happy ending February 11, 2008
12 out of 14 found this review helpful
If you liked "Juno" you'll like Candy Girl--it's got the same kind of witty repartee and engagingly sarcastic voice. But, like Juno, it's also frustratingly superficial and self-centered. Cody's in her own world for much of the book and doesn't seem to have had much interaction at all with her fellow strippers, many who sound like much more interesting characters than her persona as a slumming hipster. It's a fast, fun read, but you end up feeling a bit cheated and wondering if Cody is really as skin-deep as she seems.
 Just didn't get it February 10, 2008
9 out of 13 found this review helpful
I can only guess at the writer's motivations for writing this book, which offers a tacky insight into the sad world of strip clubs in a style that blends hippy slang with words and references I never heard of.
 Smart Girl January 31, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I find the "industry" interesting-- the psychology of it anyway. There is a self-disconnet technique that most sex industry girls use to do what they do. That is why I've never been turned on by strippers-- it ain't real. Exposure of the true self is the only thing that is sexy to me. That being said, the stripper game is endlessly entertaining mentally, and this is a very entertaining read by a very smart writer. Her prose is thick but not pretentious. It's obvious that she loves words, metaphors, and all that makes for good literature. If you liked this one, you simply have to read The Greatest White Trash Love Story Ever Told.
Candy Girl is a good read. January 28, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
No, it is not great literature. But I enjoyed it. Her writing is sarcastic, witty, and full of clever analogies. Oddly enough, after reading it my desire to frequent a strip club has dropped to zero.
Based on reading Candy Girl I *know* that I'd enjoy hanging out with Diablo.
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