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Title: Dirty Girls on Top
ISBN: 031234967X
Author:
Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Publicate Date: 2008-07-08
Publish: 2008-07-08
List Price: $24.95
Average Customer Rating: 3.5
Format: Hardcover
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1: Dirty Girls...
This one was an easy read but it was predictable and almost a little obscene. If you're into telenovelas and that type of stuff you'll enjoy it. And even though I think she tried to tackle some important topics that relate to women, especially Latinas, it really just fell short for me.
Her first book is by far her best!
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2: Great Sequel!
I read the Dirty Girls Social Club several years back, and re-read it in anticipation of this sequel. I found this to be a satisfactory follow-up. Like others have stated, this does have a lot of graphic sex, so if that is an issue for you, this is not your book. Also, I did find the relationship between the sucias to be more strained, but I can appreciate maintaining old friendships, even where it seems as though you have outgrown them. My only major complaint is that some characters seem to have made no progress from the end of the last book - they definitely did by the end of Dirty Girls on Top, but it was a little disappointing to see them in the same place four years later. I would recommend this book if you have read the first one - if you have not read it, then read and then read this! You really cannot appreciate Dirty Girls on Top without the deeper understanding of the characters that Dirty Girls Social Club provides.
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3: Save your time and money
I struggled to make my way through Dirty Girls on Top and only finished through sheer force of will. The characters are very undeveloped and there was little plot of which to speak. It took me a least a hundred pages to begin to differentiate between the six main characters (I still got Sara and Rebecca confused at the end of the book). There were a lot of sex scenes, all of which were uncomfortable and awkward. The constant dropping of mall brands got to be comical by the end of the book, as did the strange lectures on Hispanic identity politics liberally sprinkled throughout the narrative. My favorite was the part where one character lectures another about human sacrifice in different world cultures as an attempt to minimize Aztec mass killings. The passage concluded with the two copulating at an Aztec pyramid. Oy.
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4: They're Baaaack
As a big fan of Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez - I've read all her books and follow her blog(s) religiously - I have to say I was Not disappointed in the new book. I loved catching up with the sucias again. Plenty of action, drama, trauma and hot dirty sex along with a dab of insight and karmic retribution. What more could you ask for in a guilty pleasure?
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5: Dirty Girls on Top
Dirty Girls on Top fails in comparison to Alisa's first book. The "sucias" are simply pathetic and I was annoyed at the characters most of the time while reading it. It's just an ok book.
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