Aphrodizzia [Paperback]

Richard Manton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 24, 1999

Wealth has its privileges, as the group of hapless young women entrusted to rich libertines Dolly and Jack soon discover. The discipline-minded duo gleefully describe the seduction of and erotic punishments they inflict on their innocent charges in a series of letters that explore every kind of pleasure possible with the female body.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Running Press (May 24, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562011243
• ISBN-13: 978-1562011246
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.2 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,237,051 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Perverse and unrealistic, September 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Aphrodizzia (Paperback)

While Aphrodizzia has an erotic moment, the book is marred by the near total objectification of the teenaged girl characters, who are subjected to all sorts of non-consensual and perverse treatment. Their objectification is carried to such a high degree that Natasha, the youngest girl, never actually says anything beyond squeals, whines, whimpers and moans. Furthermore, the book requires a degree of suspension of disbelief that would make make most fantasy authors shake their heads in amazement. The very least of these is fourteen year old(!) Natasha's wardrobe being totally limited to her schoolgirl uniform, even on summer holidays. Not that you can call her summer a 'holiday', she and others are subjected to bizarre abuse which makes 'Aphrodizzia' more outrageous than erotic. Indeed, one is moved to pity and anger at the fate of the hapless and helpless Natasha. Strangely, Natasha herself supplies the only erotic scene in the book, but this is a solitary moment in the brief first chapter before she is left in the 'care' of the sociopathic perverts who become her 'guardians'. After this, it's all a downward spiral of abuse and violation. As a bizarre catalogue of sexual barbarity towards teenaged girls, Aphrodizzia succeeds magnificently. However, I hope that none but the most perverse readers will take this as an endorsement.

18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Manton Strikes Again, April 24, 2000

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This review is from: Aphrodizzia (Paperback)

Is there such a thing as writing too much for oneself? Absolutely, and the works of Richard Manton, including APHRODIZZIA, are typeset proof that getting heavily into one's own head when writing sexual fantasy can leave the reader on the outside wondering what all the fuss is about.

APHRODIZZIA, like all of Manton's other Blue Moon titles, is a parade of deviant (and I do mean deviant) sex acts with only the bare bones of plot to justify them. And while Manton's writing is actually quite literate, much of the eroticism of his work is missing, thanks largely to the fact that he seems merely to be giving a summary of the images he has formed in his mind. This book, again like Manton's others, features minimal dialogue, even less in the way of characterization and a dreamlike quality derived from the almost nonsensical fashion with which the story proceeds.

Having already alienated the reader with his style, Manton proceeds to demolish every last bit of appeal by prominently featuring his fetish for excretory functions. Urine and feces play a part in far too many of the scenes, and Manton's predilection for extremely young girls can sometimes be disturbing.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book written to a specific audience ...., June 14, 2001

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Rudolf Spoerer "dowadiddi" (Weston, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Aphrodizzia (Paperback)

and that is why the reviews are ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC providing the reader an opportunity to get a better flavour of the writings, rather than the usually vague and enticing book jacket mini editorials.

Aphrodizzia is just such a book by master writer Richard Manton. The book is geared to Edwardian rather than Victorian erotic writing and as such has the tendency to take a third party view of the 'action' so to say, relishes both punishment, and invariably bondage, as part of the sex act. The fact that usually the females are unwilling participants seems to add to the spice and flavour of the Edwardian mentality.

The book is a series of letters between 'Jack' in Britain and 'Dolly' in Germany and their very private schools for young ladies of society. Both decide to send girls to each other for education and 'training' while Jack and Dolly correspond of the progress of the pupils. Suffice it to say that the girls are subjected to more than the cane on their bare bottoms.....

After having read and reviewed 'Deep South' and 'Bombay Bound' by Richard Manton, and having rated them as as 5 star books, I can't really say that I liked 'Aphrodizza' very much, BUT, then again this book wasn't written for me.

So, read the reviews of this book and you certainly should get a good idea of its content, style of writing, and if you would rate it as a 5 or 1 star special for your particular likes and dislikes.