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abrooklynbookshelf's review
3.0
This felt really unorganized and rambled quite a lot, jumping from topic to topic. Felt like it lacked nuance when dealing with a lot of topics, and felt somewhat naive because of it. Wanted to like it more than I did, but I felt like it could have used a lot more editing.
catlyn_brooke's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
joelbook's review
4.0
If you're looking for a titillating account of sex work in New York then this book is not for you. If you're looking for a story of survival in the face of tremendous adversity - including chronic migraines - then you'll want to read this book cover to cover.
alexander's review
2.0
not the moan didion tell-all i was hoping for, but still an interesting, if not compelling, life story that your mom might've bought in the 90s and kept on the bookshelf with the spine facing inwards
podlley's review
1.0
The author spends 40 pages describing how unique and intelligent she is, so you'd think she would have something interesting or original to say... she doesn't. The tone is pedantic, her thoughts are pseudo-intellectual, and the book lacks cohesion. Her self-centeredness gets in the way of any proper retelling of even her more interesting experiences. Could not finish...
finnthehuman217's review
5.0
A queer feminist Manifesto. This book is about the joys, positivity, affirmation and compassion that comes from community. The idea of Sex work or “Accounting” is more widely accepted over the last few years and Liara’s book is a confession but it’s also a discussion of how legalization of Sex work is one step in the direction of a leftist socialist society. This book is about recovery from financially abusive partners and how we find ourselves out of situations like the one that liara was in. This book is a really important book to tell the human stories of queer sex workers!
josienaron's review
2.0
DNF lol; the trend in memoirs to talk frankly about sexuality and sex work is a fundamentally good one, but i genuinely got nothing from the perspective of a conventionally beautiful white person with family wealth that i could not have gotten from writings of a sex worker who actually feels like writing about class and labor and power rather than their own reflection in the mirror. sorry if that is mean I just really did not vibe!!!