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Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl
Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl
Author: Tracy Quan
ISBN-13: 9780609810101
ISBN-10: 0609810103
Publication Date: 4/22/2003
Pages: 288
Rating:
  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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3 stars, based on 81 ratings
Publisher: Three Rivers Press
Book Type: Paperback
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18 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on + 36 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
I couldn't get past the first few pages. The language of the main character drove me nuts... too many exclamation points and sentences ending as questions.

the story seemed interesting, I just couldn't get past the language.
yaya-and-jae avatar reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on + 51 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 6
This book is okay. Interesting enough that I could continue to read if I have time but easily able to put it down. Fun little insights into the industry and definitely more chicklit than erotic. If you miss this one, you're not missing much. I probably won't read Diary of a Married Call Girl.
reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on + 46 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 5
hilarious! the secret journal of a neurotic high class upper east side prostitute as she grapples with her impending matrimony... also lots of helpful tidbits for wannabes ;)
reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on + 8 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
Very fun. funny, smart and edgy. Very frank, straightforward, and probably somewhat controversial
swingsistert avatar reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on + 78 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Delightful and free narrative! Perfect chick lit!
katatonicstate avatar reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on
Helpful Score: 2
I had trouble staying interested with this book. I wanted to like it but it just seemed to ramble on and on and I never really got a feel for the characters. It was like reading a diary that you found on the street and you have no idea who anyone is. Nor really care.
FamFatale avatar reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on + 369 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
A fun read about a bad girl's secrets and the complications she finds between making love and making money.
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Helpful Score: 1
I have always been intrigued by the world of high price call girls. Especially in the light of the recent Spitzer scandal, this was a perfect read. Tracy Quan keeps the reader engaged the whole time, laughing, anxious and more. Love it and would recommend it to everyone.
reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on + 5 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Totally amusing story of a call girl in New York City.
murder101 avatar reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on
This is a great book fun read hard to put down and at times really funny and other times kinda sad .I would recommend this book for sure
Chocoholic avatar reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on + 291 more book reviews
I just could not get into this book. Two of the characters' names sounded very similar, which was confusing, and the protagonist didn't seem very likeable. I wanted to like this book but can't get into it.
rainbowbrite98 avatar reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on
Really not what I was expecting. I was hoping for better. It's not a bad book, it's just really not that great either. I have always been fascinated by prostitution and I thought this book would be a great, titillating read. It fell flat in my opinion. Nancy doesn't impress me and her friends leave a lot to be desired.
reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on + 10 more book reviews
This was OK. Not as good as I expected. It was hard to stay into this one.
murder101 avatar reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on
Great book fast fun read.you learn something new everyday.
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From Booklist
Quan, who put her career as an elite Manhattan prostitute on hold to become a writer, is the author of a popular salon.com column chronicling the adventures of fictional call girl Nancy Chan. Those biweekly installments grew into this reality-based novel. Nancy's central dilemma, hashed out in her diary and with her shrink, Dr. Wendy, is whether to give up hooking when she becomes engaged to her sweet Wall Street-whiz boyfriend, Matt. Her two best friends (and colleagues), Allison and Jasmine, offer little support on this front. Jasmine is firmly against marriage, and Allison, who is 30 going on 19, is too obsessed with her own problems (including her foray into the sex workers' activist movement) to be of any help. The descriptions of Nancy's "dates" read like soft porn, but Quan does pose some interesting questions about gender and sexuality and a certain brand of "sex-positive" feminism (represented by writers like Camille Paglia and Susie Bright). But the main point here is to be erotic and playful. Quan manages both in a book that makes perfect beach reading. Beth Warrell
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elvislives81 avatar reviewed Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl on + 43 more book reviews
This book is as brainless as "Sex and the City." I certainly wish that I didn't get the book from paperbackswap, I could have checked it out from the library. The novel is written by a former call girl. The main character, Nancy, has a finace that knows nothing of her being a call girl. I find that repulsive. She sleeps with loads of men for money while at the same time pretends to be true to her fiance. I am not speaking against the occupation of a call girl so much as to her keeping it a secret from her fiance.
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Interesting book. Based on the Tracy Quan column on Salon.com
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Very fun, easy, beach read.