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Summary: What defines "healthy" sexuality?
Review: I have read a number of excellent books on swinging and open sexuality including The Ethical Slut and The Lifestyle (by Terry Gould), and this one ranks amongst the best. It is not a how-to (like Ethical Slut) or a journalistic investigation (like Lifestyle), but rather a compilation of stories written with great sensitivity. Besides the erotic nature of the book, it really keeps sight of "healthy" sexuality which is contrasted with addictive or obsessive behaviour that you can find in any community of interest, including swinging. The stories in the book must be based on extremely detailed interviews and go into considerable depth about the experience of people. And yet the stories are written in a way that get's the juices flowing, if you know what I mean.
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Summary: Interesting Look at Swinging
Review: Numerous folk have probably wondered what "really goes on" at swinger's parties, or what a "swinger's lifestyle" is. This book offers a good look into what swinging is, from the stories told by couples "in the lifestyle," to a single man's experiences, the pratfalls to look out for, as well as the joys of this experience. Every chapter of the book tells a different story. Some of the stories are quite delightful and erotic, and lead to the couples involved sharing numerous delights. A few others talk about the "dark side" of swinging, where swinging couples wind up with disastrous results, due to unrealistic expectations or realizations that either they or their partner are not really "into" this lifestyle. There's also advice on getting involved in this lifestyle if you so choose.If you and/or your partner have ever considered swinging, this book offers some good information and advice.
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Summary: Different stories about a misunderstood sexuality
Review: The Abrams have put together a collection of personal accounts and non-fiction essays about "The Lifestyle" as swingers call what they do. The quality of the personal accounts of single and coupled swingers varies but the non-fiction essays from the Abrams were quite interesting and well written. However I found the type font to be a bit too small to comfortably read and the overall tone of the book a bit negative. I thought the book was to give us information to help society accept swinging a bit more but I found myself a bit angry at the number of women "forced" into trying it at the urging of the spouse and at the rather blow-by-blow accounts in some of the essays. Overall not what I was expecting and it didn't give me a most positive view of swings or swingers. I do applaud the Abrams though for showing many sides and many experiences and thus four instead of three stars.
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Summary: A mixed bag
Review: This book is quite well written and covers a fairly wide range of experiences with commendable sensitivity. You won't find many grammatical and syntax lapses. In addition to relating some of the authors' personal experience with the swinging lifestyle, the book contains a number of stories from other people involved in swinging. Although the book includes a number of detailed descriptions of very graphic situations, vulgar language is avoided for the most part. Some of the problems I've encountered reading this book include: - serendipity is a word that came too often to my mind reading about supposedly real life situations; -the writing style is the same regardless of who writes a particular story (male, female, person 1, person 2, ...); - the material is quite uneven in that some parts are very informative in matter-of-fact sort of way, other parts go on and on providing erotic details of various situations. All in all, I've come to feel that there is a good chance that the related experiences exist mostly in the authors'imagination.
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