Kenneth L. (duxwanna) reviewed on 3/11/2011

100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed - My Humble Opinion

Overall, this book was forgettable. Furthermore, given I was reading an English translation, there was much that made little sense to anybody not familiar with Italian geography, customs or traditions. For example, Melissa is a teenager, in high school perhaps, yet the reader is to believe she heads down to the pub and gets drunk - leaving with a stranger. Either the translation needs work or the author is assuming too much from her readers.

The synopsis, while technically accurate, is mostly hype and most "erotic" detail alluded to is non-existent.

I give this book three of five stars; it is a quick read and is somewhat interesting on the whole.

From the synopsis...
"... 100 Strokes of the Brush Before Bed is the fictionalized memoir of Melissa P., a Sicilian teenager whose quest for love rapidly devolves into a shocking journey of sexual discovery..."
(not so shocking!)

"... Told with disarming candor, Melissa P.'s bittersweet tour of extreme desires is as poignant as it is titillating. One Hundred Strokes of the Brush Before Bed is a stunning erotic debut, a Story of O for our times..."
(mostly hype!)

-Duxwanna

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