Customer Reviews
Great book - By: Isabel, 13 Jul 2008 
I really enjoyed Belle's book. I loved the first one so much that I decided to buy the second & it didn't disappoint. Belle is funny, witty & has a great sense of humour. I just love the way she writes & the way she thinks about things; it makes for a great book. Following her life is always intriguing & never really predictable. Allin all, a great read.
Another awesome year in the life... - By: Ruth W, 20 Jun 2008 
I think all the criticisms people have about this book can be split into three parts:
1) "But... she's not a hooker anymore!!!"
So? Belle remains the same warm, witty woman she was when we last saw her, only now she'sin a different line of work. There's still sexual encounters aplenty, plus the "Dear Belle" sections where she gives invaluable (and hiarious) life advice.
2) "Ugh, how could she even THINK about going back to The Boy???"
Um, because she loves him? This is a real person writing this book remember, & real people do this kind of thing. What should she do, break up with him to make readers happy?
3) "It endsin a stupid place, nothing happens, blah blah blah..."
If I could just explain the concept of Real Time: events don't start on the first day of the new diary & then round themselves off to a neat conclusion one year later. This happens to Bridget Jones because she's not real, & doesn't have to livein Real Time.
As for my humble opinion, I thought we saw less of Belle-the-whore & more of Belle-the-girl, which can only be a good thing. I'd say I like her even morein this book- she's not a sexual temptress 24/7, she gets insecure just like the rest of us. There's no shortage of sex scenes (the fact that they're personal rather than professional just makes them even better) & more than a couple of laugh-out-loud moments. A brilliant book & I hope she'll write a third.
I think I picked the wrong book! - By: Aliboo, 22 Apr 2008 
I read this book & haven't read the firstin the series. It turns out from the reviews I've read that my choice was not a wise one! Belle gives up the game 50 pagesin - & let's face it if you buy a book called "further adventures of a LONDON CALL GIRL" that's kinda what you're hoping for. She then goes on to document her relationship with a two-timing wally referred to as "The Boy" & we don't even get to enjoy her unceremoniously dump him at the end - they live happily ever after. This part I'm assuming because the book comes to a rather abrupt & meaningless ending, which left me wondering why I'd bothered to finish it. Looking at the reviews the first book sounds better, but be warned, this one will most likely be a disappointment.
A dull and dreary version of Bridget Jones - By: Snapdragon, 26 Dec 2007 The title of this book is really misleading, because Belle is only a call girl for the first 50 pages of the book & then she `goes straight'. Unfortunately she also turns into a whining dull Bridget Jones typein the process as she obsesses about her boyfriend seeing other people behind her back.
Save yourself the bother. If you were thinking of buying this for titillation then save yourself the bother, there is hardly any sexin it, & she really isn't interesting enough as a character / protagonist to carry a whole book of moaning.
Woeful.
3 girls, 3 sexualities; which to choose? - By: Julia, 12 Dec 2007 I bought this book along with Abby Lee's "Girl with a One-Track Mind" & Niki Flynn's "Dances with Werewolves (Memoirs of a Spanking Model). They're three very different outlooks on sex & sexuality by three very different women.
Belle de Jour is extremely well-written & sexy, loaded with lurid, sexy, intimate glimpses into a world most of us will never know. Is it true? Who knows? Who cares? There are rumours all over the Net about who the "real" Belle de Jour is, but the bottom line is that her story is a compelling one. And hot!
Girl with One-Track Mind is different. It's the blog of a very liberated, very experimental girlin search of an indefinable sexual something that she's always wanted. Upbeat & chick-litty, but with the thoughtful introspection needed to be interesting.
Dances with Werewolves is the dark horse. The one that surprised me. Niki Flynn is a cult figurein the BDSM world & I've seen her described as "an explorerin the further reaches of psychosexual experience." Wow. How could I NOT read her life story? Well, I knew pretty much what to expect from the other two memoirs, but Ms Flynn's world was a real eye-opener. I read a lot of sexy books, but I'd never read anything like this before. It redefines conventional concepts of what "erotic" means. It made me examine my own deepest, darkest fantasies, the things I'd never tell anyone. Ms Flynn has no such inhibitions: she tells EVERYONE. It's a grippingly interesting account of what makes a kinky girl tick. She makes me want to explore my dark side... almost. I doubt if I actually will, but this book certainly stirred my fantasies.
