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Going Down
Going Down
Author: Jennifer Belle
A gritty, comedic novel follows the sexual exploits of a nineteen-year-old student working her way through college as a call girl, an occupation that takes her on a picaresque tour through New York's perversities. Original.
ISBN-13: 9781417725878
ISBN-10: 1417725877
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Publisher: San Val
Book Type: Library Binding
Other Versions: Paperback, Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 3
This debut novel about a girl paying her way through college working as a call girl has got a first-person narrator who starts out sounding like a female Holden Caulfield, except that she's sadder and more numbed-out. What I liked best about this book was its depiction of a wised-up, privileged Manhattan girlhood and the little vignettes of trying to get by in the city. (The little riff on how no one ever buys a futon "new" is wonderful.) It's one of those bleak books, where the author's near a breakdown. And don't expect it to be really sexy. It's more like like this, during a climactic, emotionally charged sex scene ("And we did it, and I almost sort of came.") The call girl's life isn't fun and this book strips the glamour from it. Bennington won't kiss her clients, is counting how much money she'll make, to get through it, and looks at the clock, like the prostitute Bree played by Jane Fonda in "Klute." There's a hint of redemption at the end. And a lot of wit through the book. Otherwise, a dark, often bleak read.
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Helpful Score: 2
The plot idea is much more interesting than the execution. The book was lacking in character development and the writing style was way too sparse. I didn't really care about anything that was going on.
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Helpful Score: 1
A quick read but felt like I needed to hide the cover from my 11 year old lol.
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reviewed Going Down on + 3 more book reviews
yes good book
hoopinmama avatar reviewed Going Down on + 14 more book reviews
i thought this was a great book, a great summer read. i couldnt put this book down and finished it in a few hours.
great beach book
rainbowbrite98 avatar reviewed Going Down on
This was lukewarm for me. The writing was all over the place and I really didn't see the point. I hope others enjoy it though!!