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Loading... Seductress: Women Who Ravished the World and Their Lost Art of Loveby Elizabeth Prioleau
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Ugh, the writing stopped me straight away from finishing this book (or getting very far into it, for that matter). The way Prioleau writes alternates between ridiculously flowery verbosity and redundant repetition, all with this overt "girl power!" theme. Not mature or straightforward at all. (  ) lucidtheory | May 16, 2007 |  This book is silly. The author jumps back and forth from her "just between us girls" tone to using obscure "vocabulary" words as though she's trying to impress her readers with her extensive diction. The stories in the book are interesting, but the writing itself is awful. She also makes it seem like seducing a man is a great thing and women should think about it daily. (  ) vintagecatra | Mar 11, 2007 | I first read about this one on Salon and was intrigued. Unfortunately, the tone of the book is a little too You Go Girl! for me. Prioleau spends too much time cheerleading both the courtesans and her readers; I tend to prefer a drier mix of scholarly tone and juicy gossip (Alison Weir, Antonia Fraser). (  ) cleolinda | Dec 30, 2006 |  no reviews | add a review
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