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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 A Lonely Profession Dec 11, 2011
By Laura Gill
This book is certainly eye opening for those curious about the high-priced paid sex trade. While the author-narrator meets some very wealthy and powerful clients, enjoys the luxurious perks of her trade, and has some fantastic sex, being a high-priced call girl is not something she finds emotionally fulfilling. With one older client who becomes her sugar daddy, she reflects that living with him is like being in a gilded cage, while with another man she realizes that, at least in America, there's a huge gap between love and respect and sexual satisfaction. Sex is something Dimitra does to pay the bills; she would rather paint or be a photographer. Although the money and perks are nice, the picture she paints of her profession is a rather lonely one where the sex is loveless and it's hard to form friendships, especially among one's resentful fellow call girls.
Dimitra does talk briefly about her family, but I would have liked to know more about her life and relationships outside the sex trade. I hope she does a follow-up book in which she delves a bit more deeply into those things.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 The intellectual call girl Jul 02, 2011
By Robert Dunham
Highly unusual subject especially delivered in such a literate manner by an apparently well educated and sophisticated woman. I hope she is working on another book as we speak
5 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 Do not waste your time Jan 13, 2011
By john
Even at the considerable saving of a kindle version this book is a complete waste of time. The literary ability of the author is at best elementary school level. The events described are not uninteresting but the basic manner in which they are outlined fails to convey any emotion to engage the reader. I have never done any sort of book review before in my life but have taken the time to submit this one as I really felt misled by the reviews that existed for it. I have no links in any capacity to the author and certainly am not making any personal attack but I don't think this work should have been published. Her story is interesting but should have retold through a professional writer.
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Well done! May 04, 2011
By funnycharlie2
I found this book to be gripping, engaging and titillating, of course. Actually, I could not put it down, and I read it all in one sitting, last night. In fact, it kept me up so late that I even overslept a little, and had to scramble to make it to work on time. Anyway, it's very nicely written, from a technical standpoint, and just in terms of pure storytelling. I've read other literature by sex workers - and "Secret Confessions Of A High-Priced Call Girl" is the most thorough, candid account I have found thus far. Certainly, tastes vary and not everyone is going to like the same things, but this book is objectively good. Only someone with a repressed attitude about sexuality, strong moral opposition to prostitution or a personal grudge against the author, or all three, would not like it. The story grabbed hold my attention and interest, and I really wanted to see how it would turn out. I could not stop reading it. suppose the beginning of the story grabbed me, with Dimitra's desire to travel to New York City and to become an escort. Also, her difficulty reconciling "work" with her personal romantic relationships was very interesting and poignant. Frankly, a lot of people don't understand this aspect of sex work. Also - I did like the sexual description. It's pretty good stuff. It's a rare ability to be introspective and insightful, and even more rare to have the courage to reveal one's inner feelings, inadequacies, and insecurities, to the whole world. Most people lack the interest in delving into themselves in any depth anyway, and even if they did, they lack the ability to identify and articulate exactly what it is they are feeling and why. I am totally sincere when I say that this book is really good. It's difficult to plow new ground sometimes, in the genre of working girl tell-all, but Dimitra's book involves more than just her experiences (which are obviously interesting and outside the experiences of most people); it involves her, her own story and journey, and her feelings as she goes through the experiences. For this reason, it's probably the best look inside the mind of a higher-end escort I have read. My only complaint is that it's not longer! To sum up, it's a very good read, and the best I've seen of this genre. I am impressed, and I'm not easily impressed. I do technical writing for a living, so I'm a pretty harsh critic, at times. Well done and thanks for sharing!
2 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 Good start.. Poor ending Dec 28, 2010
By Barbie
The book started off very exciting and interesting, however, the end ran on with no point and nothing interesting. It just kind of stopped.
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