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3.42 AVERAGE
3.42 AVERAGE
I would recommend this to anyone above the age of 28, who enjoyed Cat Marnells memoir, and misses the “bad girl who has a college degree” vibe of mid-aughts women’s media.
I am not sure how to rate this. I like memoirs and controversial topics, which this covers. The author is a hilarious writer, I laughed many times but I was also completely grossed out with more details then I ever wanted to know. I enjoyed the writing, but would not be quick to recommend it because of the topic and sordid details. Not sure if I pass this book on or throw it away.
Diablo Cody was a college educated girl from the Midwest who needed to break out of her "average, always do the right thing" life at 24. On an impulse, Cody decided to try stripping and so started a year long journey working in strip clubs and a sex shop that led to this break-out memoir Candy Girl: A Year in the Life of an Unlikely Stripper. I can completely relate Cody's pre-stripping life, but there is no way in a million years I could have ever become comfortable with the things she did in the name of tackling the things that terrify us. It was a fascinating read including a near vomit-inducing moment, so beware.
P.S. Dear Diablo, Iowa is not a "dank armpit". :-P
P.S. Dear Diablo, Iowa is not a "dank armpit". :-P
Great fun! The author, who also wrote the screenplay for Juno, is one of the sharpest and funniest writers I've ever run across. I don't laugh out loud often even at books I find pretty funny, but this one had me cracking up helplessly over and over. Sometimes gross, very occasionally kind of somber, not at all politically correct. This woman would be a lot of fun to talk with at an otherwise boring party.
I liked this book a lot. Diablo Cody is an incredibly talented writer. She is articulate but also very succinct and witty. I love her writing style. Her voice is strong throughout the memoir and her sense of humor about working in the sex industry is admirable. This is not a critical investigative piece about the life of a stripper - it is merely Cody's account about the year that she wanted to try something different. It didn't last too long, but it is what it is. I loved it.
Very readable but she frustrates me! She is so intent on being detached and quirky that I still don't really get why she did it or what it was like for her.
Wow. What a fascinating book.
Everyone knows Diablo Cody is clever with phrases and pop culture references. This book isn't overwhelmed with them, however, unlike the movie, "Juno", whose screenplay she wrote.
I was entirely clueless to the World of the Stripper, and Cody's frank observations of her fellow strippers and of her own experience were so interesting. Some of it was startling and disturbing, but overall I really liked this book.
The descriptions of her own amateurish dance moves in the beginning of her short career were hilarious. It made me want to see the karate kick move she mentions. I can't even begin to imagine a naked woman doing that on stage. Hah!
Everyone knows Diablo Cody is clever with phrases and pop culture references. This book isn't overwhelmed with them, however, unlike the movie, "Juno", whose screenplay she wrote.
I was entirely clueless to the World of the Stripper, and Cody's frank observations of her fellow strippers and of her own experience were so interesting. Some of it was startling and disturbing, but overall I really liked this book.
The descriptions of her own amateurish dance moves in the beginning of her short career were hilarious. It made me want to see the karate kick move she mentions. I can't even begin to imagine a naked woman doing that on stage. Hah!
A little bit like reading soft porn, but good stuff.