Pages: 304
Published: 4th September 2012 Penguin Publishing
Genre: BDSM/ Adult/ Memoir
Format :Ebook
Acquired: Net-Galley
Date Finished: 26th July 2012
Synopsis:
In Diary of a
Submissive, Sophie Morgan candidly explains what exactly an independent, 21st
century woman gets out of relinquishing her power and personal freedom in a
submissive relationship with a dominant man for their mutual sexual pleasure.
In the wake of Fifty
Shades of Grey, here is a memoir that offers the real story of what is means to
be a submissive and follows Sophie’s story as she progresses from her early
erotic experiences through to experimenting with her newfound awakened
sexuality. From the endorphin rush of her first spanking right through to being
collared, she explains in frank and explicit fashion her sexual explorations.
But it isn’t until she meets James, a real life ‘Christian Grey,’ that her boundaries
and sexual fetishism are really pushed. As her relationship with James travels
into darker and darker places, the question becomes: Where will it end? Can
Sophie reconcile her sexuality with the rest of her life, and is it possible
for the perfect man to be perfectly cruel?
Daring,
controversial, and sensual, Diary of a Submissive is filled with a captivating
warmth and astounding honesty such that no one— man or woman—will be able to
put Sophie's story down.
Thoughts/ Review:
Oh Sophie Morgan,
whatever am I going to say about this book? Firstly I would like to thank Penguin
Publishing Australia for supplying me a copy of Diary of a Submissive, for
without it I would have probably wasted a fair bit of money. Secondly- I really
need to stop reading books if they have any reference to fifty Shades of Grey,
because frankly from what I’ve heard about the BDSM element on Fifty Shades and
from reading this book they are both pretty similar in context and both seem to
have this unfortunate affect over me.
I am tempted, so kill
me by books about BDSM, especially if they are memoirs. So when I found out
about Diary of a Submissive I had to jump on it as soon as I could. Once I’d
got my copy it was just a matter of sitting down and giving it a go. I mean who
wouldn’t be intrigued by a true account of a submissive and her sexual escapades
through the journey of finding herself while also and discovering so many
deliciously deviant things in the process?I sure know I was, And I’ll admit, at
various points in the book this is exactly what I got and I took so much from
it in those fleeting moments of connection, and realisation. But the majority
of the book was a disappointment.
It was all exciting
at first, like a new relationship- learning about the ins and outs of a
Dominant and submissive relationship. Not that I am new to the concept
[personally I know the lifestyle] but after a while, after the same situations
were played out over and over again, recycled with different partners with a
few added extra punishments I was about ready to throw my kindle against the
chest of draws. Don’t get me wrong, I did gain something from reading this
book, and no it definitely was not any tips on how to make my sex life kinky, but
it was so hard to absorb the experiences Sophie went through without feeling
emotionally drained and quite frankly bored shitless. There is only so many ways
to spank a person and I feel like 300 pages is way beyond the required explore
that.
I didn’t care at all
about her as a person as much as I wanted to. The men in her life did nothing
but infuriate me and I know, yes I know that these are personal experiences and
it’s hard to embellish upon something that didn’t happen but damn I needed
something more. I wanted to be shocked, and I wanted to crave the experiences
she had. I wanted to learn and explore what it meant to me as a reader, as a
person and as a member of the community learning about my own place as a submissive
in my own relationship and maybe that was my problem. But I doubt it.
People need to stop
coming out with their own adaptations of popular books. I appreciate and
respect the author as a person, as a woman and as a writer who is courageous enough
to share her story with the world. It takes a lot of strength and confidence to
do so and I have no doubt in my mind that there will be an audience for it. But
you haven’t sold me Sophie. There was
something about it I just couldn’t buy and it read more like a blog to me than
anything else. In saying that, if you’re on the bandwagon for all these ‘soft
erotic’ books at the moment then by all means pick this one up and let me know
what you think of it. For now I can safely say that had this book ben about
fifty pages I might have enjoyed it more. But I think I endured enough time
wasting to feel that this book just wasn’t for me, and that is okay.
I am giving this book:
★★
Two Sad Spanks
To be fair, 50 shades of grey is a fan-fiction that was originally an extension of Twilight...
ReplyDeleteIf Twilight didn't interest you (with Bella being the perfect example of a doormat), then nothing in the submissive category by an average writer should. 50 Shades of Grey most certainly didn't need two sequels. They were merely an attempt to cash in on the undersexed housewife demographic.
nothing coming out in mainstream media right now that involves a submissive female lead is going to deviate from the flat, uninteresting, unexpressive female character. And when there is no main character, then there's a WHOLE lot fo description needed (hence 300 variations on spanking).
Do yourself a favor. If you're looking for printed porn, go to www.literotica.com .
At least until this 50 Shades thing dies down. Over there, they'll have some novel and new takes on old themes.
Oh, and thanks for writing. :)
ReplyDeleteI was tempted to give this one a read, as I thought it might be a little less head banging boring than fifty shades of grey, but thank you for the insight. I wont waste my money. Fifty shades of grey was the worst thing I have ever read, I bought all three, and made it a quarter of the way through the second one before I couldn't take any more. I thought it would be about bdsm not Vanilla lovey dovey crap, and anastasia? What a total drip. Maybe one day someone will bring an interesting book out of this genre.
ReplyDeleteI found Sophie's story self-indulgent at best. Frankly, I'm shocked she's a journalist. But perhaps that's not the only embellishment. Surely no one's as naff as 'James'. Message to Sophie: Please stop writing.
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