Customer Reviews

Sex in the South: Unbuckling the Bible Belt

5 star:		(10)
4 star:		(3)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(1)
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Suzi Parker is my hero! She is a naughty Nancy Drew with a wicked edge! Instead of learning to tap walls for hollow spaces she learned to tap behinds with implements of pain and pleasure!
I read the book straight through Saturday night and finished in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday. My upstairs neighbor probably thinks I have lost my mind. I sat in the middle of the bed reading and cackling out loud with a few loud gasps in between. I loved it!

I bought this book on a whim on my way out of town, and couldn't put it down. Read it all in one day/night. Parker's voice is hysterical, and I seriously laughed until my ribs were sore. My wife and I agree--Sex in the South is the funniest book we've read in a long time.

It's not porn or anything, but it's a brutally funny look at how people act down there in the South when it comes to sex. Parker goes through the South interviewing people about their weird/unusual sex habits. Example: she goes undercover and infiltrates a bondage scene (complete with senior citizens) in Alabama. The resulting scene is not what I normally think of when it comes to S&M, but it's funny funny funny.

I'm going to have to find out where Suzi Parker is signing books--how else can I propose?

I heard Ms. Parker on a radio talk show and decided to get this book, which I enjoyed. It is a fun and fast read.

Parker journeys around the South detailing sexual practices that are deemed deviant and perverse by some, but are just daily life for others. She details sex toy parties, pony play clubs, chubby chaser communities and "strait" men having same-sex flings. I thought Parker's description of people and their sex lives honest and engaging. I found myself thinking "Wow, I could know these people!" (and perhaps I do without knowing it). And in the end, she's learned something about herself.

The only negative side is the chip on Parker's shoulder. In the introduction, she describes getting in trouble with Southern Bible belters for writing about sex in her newspaper column. This book is a thinly-veiled (and a little caustic) response to this, showing that Southerners aren't quite so squeaky clean as they pretend.

Although descriptive in some places, I didn't find the book in poor taste (with one exception) or pornographic.

This book totally cracks me up. Suzi Parker has done a great job of really telling the true story of the South. Folks down here are all about appearing prim and religious, but they are also all about getting it on when nobody is looking.

Sex in the South is a must-read for anybody who wants a sneak peek at the Alabama bondage scene or "man-horses" in Tennessee, and a lot more. I hope Suzi Parker writes a lot more, because this book is hysterical.

I just picked up the book on Friday and finished reading it on Sunday. Of course I'm a Southerner, so this kind of stuff is just too tempting to put down until you're finished.

I think the biggest appeal of the book is the affirmation that we Southerners share the same repressed sexual background. Southern sex is so sinful but so delicious because of the hell-fire and damnation guilt thats driven into us from childhood onward.

Can't wait for the sequel!

What a fun book! I'm a transplanted Southerner (now living in Chicago), but reading this book really took me back down to Dixie. I'm going to have to call my mama and ask her to tell me the REAL story of our neighbors in Atlanta.

Although I loved several of the chapters, I was the most intrigued by the musclebound honeys known as the Iron Belles. The thought of oiled-up female bodybuilders being paid to throw businessmen around hotel rooms is one that I can't stop laughing about.

Five stars!

Being a Little Rock native, I had heard of 'The Book' from the time it first came out. I recently attended a reading by Ms. Parker and I laughed until I cried at some of the passages. From a man-horse named Trigger to the steamy S&M club, Ms. Parker went there and did that (or at least watched) to find out what's really going on behind closed doors in the prim and proper Deep South.

From what little I've read so far, the author speaks in the language used by today's younger generation (which is NOT offensive to me). Since she's from the south what better person to know what she's talking about. I look forward to reading more. The only drawback is the light printing (most books have thicker and darker letters). For you younger folk with better eyes, this should be NO prolbem.
RHN 07-28-11

When our event management company had an opportunity to do a non-traditional Valentine's segment on a local TV station we suggested Suzi Parker's "Sex in the South" as a fun and informative gift. It combines southern charm, humor and intelligent conversation into a book that will truly open your eyes about what goes on behind closed doors and under the covers! The book's jacket design is outstanding and a fun addition to any library. Ms. Parker's adventures in the south make us think of Scarlet O'Hara had she been a girl reporter "unbuckling the Bible belt."
-Mandy Shoptaw & Ari Mitchell,founders Little Black Dress Brigade

Let me start with: I am a pretty liberal & open minded person, the content of this book did not phase me. I only gave this book 2 stars because I did read it through to the end. This book was terrible and I only finished it in hopes that it would get better. The ending couldn't have been worse though! I seriously don't understand how this book could have gotten so many good reviews. Some of her stories would have been good for a Glamour magazine article, but none of it good enough to make a book out of.

At certain points of the book, it read like she was just trying to fill page space (i.e. thinking out loud, talking about stuff that was irrelevant, etc.). She also makes a lot of pop-culture references that either are dated or are soon to be dated. If someone read this book 5 years from now, they may say something like "who are the Power Puff girls?"

When I like an author, I will read most of their books, however, if Suzi Parker wrote another book, I would run from it.