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12 of 12 found the following review helpful:
 Exhausting, Disjointed, Disappointing Oct 11, 2007
By hotnavymom
I have an open mind & a very fertile, active imagination. None of that helped me understand Elena or her boss. Book I was mildy interesting, felt more like a hodgepodge of titillation than an actual developing story of a woman learning about her sexual needs. Book II was ridiculous; after allowing herself to be loaned out to all & sundry at her place of "work", Elena balks at being used to pay off her court-appointed psychiatrist's gambling debts? And this is a woman who chooses to remain the office "in-Box" after putting out to clients, coworkers, etc for over a year. Overall, a bit of a letdown for me.
17 of 21 found the following review helpful:
Book 1 fine, Book 2, not so much Nov 29, 2006
By Privat
"Vacker_74"
I had high expectations for this, one of my first purchases of the genre. I liked book 1; hated book 2. Another reviewer said it might be too romantic for some tastes, I wholeheartedly agree. Plus the subplot between Tami and El never goes anywhere, which is annoying.
I give it 3 stars because the first book was great. If they were separate, I'd give book 1 four or five stars and book 2 one or two stars. McKenna's writing is great, I just didn't care for the direction of the storyline.
24 of 32 found the following review helpful:
 Finally in paperback! Sep 07, 2005
By Frank Smith
Those who enjoy McKenna's twisted and sexy sense of humor will probably be pleased to see his "Office Slave" stories packaged into paperback form at last. "Office Slave" -- a best-selling ebook erotica for the last couple of years -- and the sequel, "Office Slave: El Exposed" are both included. Pretty good reads, although the sequel might be a tad too romantic for some tastes.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Pretty good Nov 28, 2011
By sam, the night owl
Let me start by saying that if you're not a fan of humiliation/degradation, then stay away from this. Just as the title says, the main character, Ellen, becomes an office slave, and she is used by everyone-- her boss, her coworkers, heck, even the sandwich delivery boy.
With that said, I guess I have a thing for reading about taboo subjects, because I actually liked this. Yes I did. I've read Never Too Late by Chris Snow, which also has a similar theme: a woman becomes a sexual slave for her boss and is used to help please clients. And I liked it even though the way it's written makes it seem very raunchy and more like porn.
Office Slave is also dirty. Probably dirtier than Never Too Late, but it didn't seem like straight-up porn to me, because it has more of a... emotional element to it. The author seems to make an effort to show that Ellen is going through a transformation of becoming less of a person and becoming solely a sex object for the company. She's a well rounded woman in the beginning of the book, but by the end, all she thinks about is sex.
This is also well written. Always a plus.
It's not perfect, though. Ellen's transformation happens pretty quickly, and she gives in a little too easily. But this book strongly held my attention, and I enjoyed every chapter. I think it's a solid read for a someone like me who is relatively new to this genre.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Cardboard characters going through the motions Nov 25, 2010
By Jack Of Alltrades
"Just another soul"
This sterile narrative is about what people do, not what they feel. There is no depth, no emotion, no human response. It is fantasy, but fantasy fit for the lower half of the bell curve.
The writer never bothers to enter the minds of the characters. He merely narrates action safely from afar, much as the director of a claymation film supervises his blobs of clay. One move follows another as his mannequins engage in sexual calisthenics, but never for a moment do we believe his characters are human.
One reviewer suggests this is male erotica. Not so. It is non-erotica.
Should one seek truly erotic writing, one might do worse than to try Anais Nin's Delta of Venus.
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