How to Make Love Like a Porn Star: A Cautionary Tale

En självbiografi när den är som bäst. Jenna har gått igenom ett helvete, idag är hon en ikon i porrbranchen. Boken är ärlig och ibland grov och detaljerad, kunde inte slita mig från den.

I really enjoyed this book. The way it's written is very engaging and creative. Unlike a lot of "pop culture" biographies I read, there isn't a lot of meaningless filler or repetative information.
This book gives insight to Jenna's life, fame, and career but above all of that really captures why her fame is so unexplainably phenomenal.

Jenna Jameson is an interesting and intelligent woman. Although I believe some may think that the tragic events that happened to her caused her to be in the sex industry, i think that would be missing her point entirely.

The "Cautionary Tale" in the title refers to getting involved with abusive men, not speaking up for yourself, being codependent, being addicted to drugs, being stuck on money, and not facing the demons of your past. There are several stories of girls being raped in the brutal way Jenna Jameson was raped and they didn't all end up in porn. Her addiction to drugs was more connected to dealing with the pain that others brought her and she discussed porn as the way she brought herself to overcome those problems. She clearly show more states that she would have been in the industry no matter what and she did not get to where she was based on looks alone. Although she mentions that there are rotten parts of the industry ("a cautionary tale"), she ultimately saw more positive than negative. (There are rotten apples in every profession). Jenna explains that it's unfair to vilify the sex industry as a place where all the f*cked up people land instead of seeing it as a profession.

Jenna Jameson strikes me as a sex positive feminist and a strong female that went through issues common to many women: Rape, rejection, craving the acceptance of men, finding out who you are and dealing with a poor body image. This is what makes to book so good. show less

The Good: I was really sort of impressed with Jenna Jameson after reading this autobiography. She's been through so much to get where she is, and she puts it all out there. The book didn't come off as though it had an agenda as some of these tend to. There was no feeling of attention seeking, excuses or seeking redemption - just the uncut story of her life. I, of course, loved the more scandalous aspects of the book - the celebrity tell-all stuff. I also loved how the book showed that not everything about celebrity life it glittery, as much as not all porn is degrading to women.

The Bad: Some aspects of Jenna's early life made me rather uncomfortable. While it was all part of her story and needed to be told, I question why she's chose to show more share these things. As much as I was impressed by Jenna after reading the novel, it didn't make me love her. It never struck the chord you get in autobiographies where you feel connected to the author. It felt more E! True Hollywood Story than anything else. It wasn't sympathetic which just kind of hit me as strange. show less

I waited for this book to come out, picked it up the day it came out and started it that night. I was done in a few days. Reading it every chance I had at work and at home.
Well we all know she is a porn star and now a millionaire, but I wonder is she will ever be truly happy. With so many horrible memories that must stay locked in her head it is hard to believe she has gotten where she is today. Yes she did do it doing the one thing she knows, SEX but none the less she has turned herself into a product. This book is graphic but not to the point where it makes you sick to your stomach.
I found myself feeling sorry for her many times and building a strong dislike for the porn industry. Which in all honesty I really have no problem with show more porn. After reading her book I felt sorry for a lot of the girls that can get lost in all of it and not come out on top like she did. Reading this book, now knowing everything she went through from the drugs, the abuse and the rapes when she was teen, this girl is a fighter. Her story is such a sad one but I think its a must read. show less

I read this for our Celebrity Trash Biography book club, and to answer your question, no it is not really a sex manual. In fact there is surprisingly little sex actually described, and almost none of it is sexy.
On the other hand, it was a surprisingly engaging read, and I appreciated how she didn't want to portray herself as a victim despite all the hideous things that happened to her.
Also, I thought the book design was really cool, with lots of pictures and some sections illustrated like a graphic novel.

Damn, if there ever was a book to turn you Republican, this is it.

This woman's life is a complete freaking train wreck pretty much from birth, as are the lives are pretty much ever other person she talks about, from her loser brother, father and his stream of girlfriends, to the alcholic grandmother, to her stream of boy and girlfriends.
Yeah, sure, she had a tough childhood, but the fact is that from her teenage years on she did one stupid thing after another, had plenty of opportunities to escape, and blew every one of them.

Another issue well covered is just how pervasive and ruinous drugs are among the idiot underclass.

All in all, actually very depressing. You come out of it thinking that there's this huge pool of people that are show more desperately unhappy, but that also deserve to be unhappy because they are so destructive to themselves and everyone around them. You don't want to help them, you just want to arrange your life so that you never have to come into contact with them. show less