5.0 out of 5 stars Honest, fun, emotional and just a bit saucy..., 12 Jun 2009
By beanybob - See all my reviews
I've read a number of these kinds of novels now (how would you define the genre - 'Sexploits and the city'?) and many of them seem to consist of page after page of frantic sex sessions and women on power trips getting one over on men, which, to be frank, can get a little tedious, however sexy it may be. However, 'Intimate Adventures of an Office Girl' (based on the author's very real blog) was a refreshing read. It ticks all the saucy boxes (I especially enjoyed the interesting stripclub experience and the frantic flirting and seduction on an office sofa) but the author is particularly honest about how her experiences of dating multiple lovers in the search for a committed relationship affects her. It isn't all fun and games and she shares her heartbreak in a very identifiable way. Men and women are complicated creatures with physical and emotional needs, which Sienna explores intimately, frankly and truthfully, while making me giggle, and making me think.
AND HERE:
http://www.waterstones.com/waterstonesweb/displayProductDetails.do?sku=6367285
Bookseller review
Mark Farley, WATERSTONE'S NOTTING HILL GATE
5 out of 5
A lot of people get really sniffy about these sex memoirs involving promiscuous modern women with the sexual appetite you would more attribute to a man on the dating scene and yes, from first impressions (especially with the questionable cover design), you would be fair to think that this is yet another one of these shagging tomes from someone who is happy to talk frankly but then still hide behind the cosy facade of a psuedonym for fear of being chased in the streets with pitchforks and a basket of rotten fruit. Yes, you would be forgiven for thinking that but I beg you dear charges on this instance to delve deeper, to look further, because this is certainly more than that and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it.
You see, whereas the Miss P book or the 'Girl with a One-track Mind' duly failed in that they turned in unreadable versions of their badly written blogs purely for the sake of producing contempuous wank fodder, Sienna Lewis not only has so much more to say but sha also trancends the blog format properly into a readable and enjoyable diary form, something that even Belle de Jour failed at. Mind you the problem tere was that Belle's book just didnt have the deviance that her blog did. And now like Abby Lee, she's a 'meeja dalink' so anyway, what 'Office Girl' achieves is that she brings a lot of people have against monogamy. That forced social istitution of being with one person, and here she presents her own unique theories including that of 'multi-dating', that of being open and honest with those that you meet on a casual basis, to the point where she happily and confidently settles into a number of open relationships and in most cases her experiences work out and when they don't it's not on a scale of the life a single monogamous girl has, which was surprisingly refreshing.
I say good for her. If it works, then head out and have fun.
There are many other reasons that I liked this book but the main one is that the writing is uber filthy and dirty and cocksure in a very inspiring way. Inspiring in that there are women out there who are not ghastly, obsessed Bridget Jones clones, starving on a diet of bitterness, jealousy and Sex and the City marathons. The bitter truth is that women should never be afraid to be open and to be so when meeting someone new. If that is truly where your heart (and loins) are, then you deserve and should expect nothing less. You are all goddesses and should be worshipped and pleasured by all, without shame, shunning or consequence.
God may or may not want to bless her, but I think he should
