Jameson's memoir is many things at once: a shocking sexual history, an insider's guide to the secret workings of the billion-dollar adult-film industry, and a gripping thriller that probes deep into Jenna's dark past. [ReaganBooks]
Critic Reviews
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Favorable
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Entertainment Weekly Whitney Pastorek
Low-down Waaaay too much information, but fascinating.
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Favorable
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Houston Chronicle Tara Weiss
Jenna Jameson's X-rated autobiography is horrifying, gripping, sexy and pathetic.
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Favorable
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Publishers Weekly
A remarkably appealing and honest mess.
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Favorable
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Salon Charles Taylor
Lively, hellaciously entertaining, sharp, feisty and touching enough to earn Jameson the right to wear that "Heart Breaker" tattoo on her right butt cheek.
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Favorable
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The New Republic Sacha Zimmerman
It is at different times moving, prurient, funny, smart, and, yes, sexy. Jameson is nobody's fool, and, though the book is often choppy and too long in places (at nearly 600 pages, it's a lot of Jenna), she ultimately does craft a wicked cautionary tale, as her subtitle suggests.
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Mixed
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The Globe And Mail [Toronto] Dominic Patten
If anything, Jameson's book confirms many of the worst stereotypes of the porn industry: the scumbags who work behind the scenes, and the broken homes, rapes, exploitation and appetite for self-destruction of the people in front of the camera. It is a surprisingly sad tale.
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Mixed
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Los Angeles Times Tracy Quan
While she's a down-to-earth spokeswoman for her industry, some of her advice to civilians is high-handed -- like telling women to choose between "The Rules" and her 10 commandments of oral sex. ("Thou Shalt Make Eye Contact.") A better strategy might be to combine good technique with playing hard to get.
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Unfavorable
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The New York Times Book Review Jane and Michael Stern
Beyond affirmation and advice, Jameson's book is brimful of data that range from trivial to irrelevant...If you could overdose on autobiography, this book would be lethal.
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Unfavorable
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The Onion A.V. Club Noel Murray
She's explicit about bad boyfriends, crystal meth, and random sexual assaults, but she can't justify adult entertainment's central fallacy -- its reliance on patrons whom the performers don't really respect. An ill-fitting, queasy juxtaposition of disgust and come-on fills How To Make Love Like A Porn Star.
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Unfavorable
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Sydney Morning Herald Matthew Thompson
But who will read this advice? Not Jameson's hardcore fans - those men furiously rubbing away in basements of the internet. No, it will be a different breed of wanker: those who chuckle at "white trash"; those who love (from a distance) whatever infernal machines provide the Jerry Springer Show with its conveyor belt of clowns and rustics.
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