Pleasure [Hardcover]

Eric Jerome Dickey (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: Dutton (2008)
• ISBN-10: 0739494457
• ISBN-13: 978-0739494455
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (136 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,089,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Eric Jerome Dickey is the author of twelve novels, including the bestsellers Genevieve, Drive Me Crazy, Naughty or Nice, The Other Woman, and Thieves' Paradise. Dickey writes full time and is developing a six-issue mini-series of comic books for Marvel Enterprises featuring Storm (X-Men) and the Black Panther.

Customer Reviews

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31 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Erotic to the "n"th degree..., April 2, 2008

By 

Jason Frost "RubiconReader" (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pleasure (Hardcover)

Well... Eric is back with his most erotic and emotionally driven novel yet. The eroticism and plot do a strange dance. Throughout most of this novel the sexuality/eroticism is the driving force while the actual plot takes a very close backseat. Fans of his will recognize this and it's a little "strange". What drew me to Eric was his Autobahn fast plot with really tastefully done sex scenes. In `Pleasure' it's more Autobahn fast sex/eroticism sex with a really tastefully done plot.

`Genevieve' stands out because of shocking sexuality of the 1st chapter... the 1st chapter in this book will make that seem like Junie B. Jones! Nia is a flawed, educated, sexual, confused, talented, crazy, insatiable, women who is trying not to be so...well... flawed, confused, crazy, and insatiable! She is looking for pleasure and she finds it with 2 brothers (2 TWIN brothers)! Well... at first... 2 brothers! She takes it to a whole. Nuther. Le-val with other characters.

Anais Nin's work is a strong influence in this book and Eric does a wonderful job of mixing their styles. This book doesn't have the classic "wtf" twists that makes Eric's books so good. No, this book has something different. That difference will depend on who reads the book. For me, this book was pure erotica. Pure meaning it permeates the story, your mind wanders on what you think will happen next, or rather what you WANT to happen next, Eric leaves absolutely nothing to the imagination, and makes you squirm.

Nia will make you laugh especially when she continually irked by the grammar (or lack thereof) of her ex. Depending on what side of the tracks you're on you will feel sorry for Logan or you will want to murder him. Karl and Mark... I think they need therapy. I know the story was about Nia but what was up with those two? Seriously... what the heck happened to them to cause them to do some of the things that they did/do? It was good that they were there to give her some yoni-help but those two brothers need Jesus!

I didn't really get Jewell or Kenya. Their parts in this story left me wanting. Also, Eric must have a GPS implanted in his head because the man takes you through a virtual map that almost scares you how accurate it is. His descriptions of the islands, the food, the weather, the storm that forces Jewell and Nia to spend time together, the relationship with her mother (wow), her feelings about Karl and Mark, her relationship with KiKi Sunshine, and everything else. This is where Eric shines and shine he does!

I gave this book 5 stars because it really is VERY good, despite the absence of his trademark air-tight perfect plot. Oh, and one more thing... big ups to Mr. Dickey for having Karl drive a Jeep Wrangler! He didn't say whether or not it was a `Rubicon' but still made me happy! :-)

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Pleasure not a pleasure to read, May 26, 2008

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Slimlady (New York,USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pleasure (Hardcover)

I've read a couple of EJD'S earlier books,Cheaters and Between Lovers for example, books that had meaning and substance, some of his later books had those qualities as well , BUT, his book Pleasure, I don't know what the hell happened. The story was pointless, plotless and a waste of time to read. Way way too much sex between the pathetically self-absorbed and desperate female protaganist and these sorry, nondescipt twin dudes, I mean these guys are supposed to be sexy professionals in their early 30's and they do some kindergarten crap like rock scissors to see which one will get the female protagonist first,how dumb is that! There's more silliness that I just don't feel like mentioning.The main characters in the story had no real outside interests other than to have sex with each other and that's it, and then EJD throws in some stuff about Anais Nin, erotica author from back in the day,to give the story depth,yeah okay.Obviously, it's not a good book, read it at your own risk if you must, and those of you who have young teenage daughters,PLEASE don't allow them to read it, not only because of the sex but because the characters have IRRESPONSIBLE sex, nobody uses condoms!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What Is Your Pleasure?, April 17, 2008

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Priscilla C. Johnson "bookmaniac" (Baltimore, Maryland USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pleasure (Hardcover)

Eric Jerome Dickey once again introduces readers to a very unique and

complicated character in his latest novel, Pleasure. Nia Simone

Bijou, born in Trinidad and raised in Los Angeles by her mother,

Hazel Tamana Bijou, a movie executive. Nia is a writer and a thinker

who idolized the late author, Anais Nin. Nia was destined to have it

all - on her own terms. While living in Memphis, she was involved

with Logan, a very handsome executive, who sought a wife that would

cater to him. But, Logan could not satisfy or fulfill her every

desire. It also bothered her that he could not distinguish between

the words your and you are. So, Nia moves to Atlanta to rid herself

of Logan and to think.

Atlanta gives her that freedom. This is when she realizes that she

possesses two sides - the logical, no-nonsense side that requires

order and the sensual, free-spirited experimental side that borders

on fantasy. While jogging one, hot July day, Nia meets twin

brothers, Mark and Karl. The brothers were immediately attracted to

Nia. Mark is an erotic photographer and his brother, Karl, is an

architect. Each brother is drawn to a different side of Nia. With

the brothers, Nia embarks on an erotic journey that allows her to

experience every sexual fantasy she can imagine. Until she realizes

that the brothers also represent two things that she tried to run

from - pain and truth.

Dickey, once again, gives readers a story that will be talked about

for years. First, the book was full of erotic, in-your-face sex.

The scenes were very well-written and they left nothing to the

imagination. Readers are enticed to turn each page just to see just

how far Nia is willing to go to explore her sexual fantasies with the

twins. Second, Dickey's style of writing is phenomenal. He has a

way of telling a story that is capable of stirring emotions and

thoughts. As a reader, you are immediately caught up in the story

from the beginning or you are completely lost. In that sense, Dickey

has increased the bar for writers to achieve.

I found this book to be very interesting. However, I must admit

that I had to put it down twice because of the graphic sex and read

something in between. Some will question whether he has gone too far

with the sex; while others will want to read more. Fans of Dickey

will enjoy this book.

Reviewed by: Priscilla C. Johnson

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