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What the heck is going on here???, September 7, 2005
Reviewer: Paul Bradley "Paul" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
Ok, in my opinion this book is just plain silly. I will admit that since I am male I may not have totally "gotten" everything the author was trying to express about women's sexuality, but I do know bad writing when I read it. The entire concept of the book also seemed to be one big marketing ploy designed to sell books and promote the author. I know a lot about the marketing game, and while I can appreciate the fact that both the publisher and the author want to sell books, I have come to expect pagan authors to care about the content before the money, and that clearly wasn't the case with this book. In an attempt to learn more about the author (lasara Firefox) I searched the Internet and discovered her website; I was shocked and appalled by what I saw and read. Besides the usual "news about the author" that is typical of this kind of website, I was subjected to Firefox whining and complaining about all of the bad press she's been getting been getting about her sex and magick parties on Witchvox and other E-Zines. If that wasn't bad enough, she then goes on to coerce visitors to her website to bury bad reviews of her book here at Amazon and also to help her manipulate her sales ranking! Here are two actual excerpts in LaSara's own words from her website (including her typos and misspellings):
"Also, Amazon.com: There is one bad customer review up for Sexy Witch. The woman who wrote it had a very hard time with the book.So, if you've read it, and especially if you enjoyed doing so, please go and post a positive review. We want to bury hers as soon as possible, so the more of you who go and do this, the better! Please do not reference her review, unless it is entirely necessary, as that will just lead people to read hers that may not have otherwise".
"...the ratings game is a b***h, and if we get the sales rank up on Amazon it means more people will see, and then buy, Sexy Witch.
The best way to make this happen is to organize a "buy day," so that all sales that my friends and fans make fall inthe same 24 hour period. This will bump the sales rating up. Tricky, huh?Yeah, it's artificial, but everyone does it. The point is improving visibility for a book that needs to get into the ahdns of the people who DON'T know it exists. Yet.
So, iif you are going to buy a copy (or better yet, copies - plural) off Amazon, please wait to purchase there until I have announced which day we will concentrate our efforts on. Okay? I promise there'll be a little something in it for you".
I have to ask, is this REALLY the type of person the pagan community should look to as an author, leader, and spiritual teacher? Her excuse is "everyone does it". No Firefox, everyone DOES NOT do manipulative crap like this and you should be ashamed to call yourself pagan! Bad reviews are part of the game so get over it! Being manipulative and tempting others to join into your subversive actions by promising them "a little something" is NOT pagan, and the majority of the pagan community neither wants or needs you, your book, or your deceptions, so stop trying to drag all of us into the gutter with you!
I consider myself a fair and honest reviewer, but even if this book had any redeeming qualities (which it doesn't), I could not recommend this book to you due to the authors complete lack of integrity.
Reviewer: Paul Bradley "Paul" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews
Ok, in my opinion this book is just plain silly. I will admit that since I am male I may not have totally "gotten" everything the author was trying to express about women's sexuality, but I do know bad writing when I read it. The entire concept of the book also seemed to be one big marketing ploy designed to sell books and promote the author. I know a lot about the marketing game, and while I can appreciate the fact that both the publisher and the author want to sell books, I have come to expect pagan authors to care about the content before the money, and that clearly wasn't the case with this book. In an attempt to learn more about the author (lasara Firefox) I searched the Internet and discovered her website; I was shocked and appalled by what I saw and read. Besides the usual "news about the author" that is typical of this kind of website, I was subjected to Firefox whining and complaining about all of the bad press she's been getting been getting about her sex and magick parties on Witchvox and other E-Zines. If that wasn't bad enough, she then goes on to coerce visitors to her website to bury bad reviews of her book here at Amazon and also to help her manipulate her sales ranking! Here are two actual excerpts in LaSara's own words from her website (including her typos and misspellings):
"Also, Amazon.com: There is one bad customer review up for Sexy Witch. The woman who wrote it had a very hard time with the book.So, if you've read it, and especially if you enjoyed doing so, please go and post a positive review. We want to bury hers as soon as possible, so the more of you who go and do this, the better! Please do not reference her review, unless it is entirely necessary, as that will just lead people to read hers that may not have otherwise".
"...the ratings game is a b***h, and if we get the sales rank up on Amazon it means more people will see, and then buy, Sexy Witch.
The best way to make this happen is to organize a "buy day," so that all sales that my friends and fans make fall inthe same 24 hour period. This will bump the sales rating up. Tricky, huh?Yeah, it's artificial, but everyone does it. The point is improving visibility for a book that needs to get into the ahdns of the people who DON'T know it exists. Yet.
So, iif you are going to buy a copy (or better yet, copies - plural) off Amazon, please wait to purchase there until I have announced which day we will concentrate our efforts on. Okay? I promise there'll be a little something in it for you".
I have to ask, is this REALLY the type of person the pagan community should look to as an author, leader, and spiritual teacher? Her excuse is "everyone does it". No Firefox, everyone DOES NOT do manipulative crap like this and you should be ashamed to call yourself pagan! Bad reviews are part of the game so get over it! Being manipulative and tempting others to join into your subversive actions by promising them "a little something" is NOT pagan, and the majority of the pagan community neither wants or needs you, your book, or your deceptions, so stop trying to drag all of us into the gutter with you!
I consider myself a fair and honest reviewer, but even if this book had any redeeming qualities (which it doesn't), I could not recommend this book to you due to the authors complete lack of integrity.
