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4.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining!, August 11, 2004
If you are looking for the next erotic Shakespeare, this isn't it.
However, it is entertaining, witty, and just the thing to take your mind off life's little problems for a while, and, after all, isn't that what books are all about? Buy it and enjoy!
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sexy, clever, and very amusing, February 26, 2002
By A Customer
Contrary to the other reviewers, I found this to be one of the most delightful and well-written erotic books I have ever read. The narrator has created a number of surprising and clever erotic scenes based on the premise of a bet between him and his assistant over whether he can sleep with only women whose first names begin with each letter of the alphabet, in order, within six months. The narrator has a wide variety of encounters, and each one is not only sexy, but also a unique and humorous scene. The ending is itself completely surprising and yet satisfying. I only wish the author's name were known; I would definitely buy more of his (or her?) books.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Sophomoric Fantasy, August 14, 2002
But still entertaining to a degree. On the plus side, "26 Nights" flows with a wit and creativity that keeps the pages turning. The intrigue is in how the authors will get their protagonist--the rich, good-looking, charming, and apparently well-endowed Steven Walling--to find and bed twenty-six women whose first, legal names follow the alphabet sequentially from A to Z. And to do it without boring the reader to tears with redundancy. To their credit, they actually pull this off. There was obvious thought applied to plotting. The various twists evoke a grin or two along the way.
On the negative side, however, this is a far cry from classic erotica such as "Fanny Hill." Walling's bet with his assistant is essentially a gimmick, an excuse to write twenty-six sex scenes. Such a stilted premise leans more toward porn than erotica. Yet the actual sex isn't explicit enough for porn lovers. So the writing falls short of either target. While technically well written and edited, 26 Nights is a stylistic nightmare. An overabundance of adverbs, adjectives, and unrealistic big-word dialogue makes the prose sound like what a first-year English major thinks writing is supposed to sound like. Since that's likely their intended target, maybe this is the result of marketing genius.
For the average open-minded adult looking for a light change of pace in their reading, 26 Nights might entertain and certainly won't hurt. But I pity the fourteen-year-old boy who gets hold of this book and believes it represents sexual reality. All the women are beautiful, passionate, insatiable, and easy. There are no children, diseases, condoms, or consequences--and marriage doesn't matter. Walling has more trouble fending off horny women who want to copulate out of alphabetical order, than he does locating willing participants. Maybe I missed the boat, but in my experience it ain't that easy, kid.
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