the Bride Stripped Bare

by Anonymous

A women disappears, leaving behind an incendiary diary chronicling a journey of sexual awakening. Coolly impassioned, it tells the startling truhs about love and sex. It will make you question whether it is ever entirely possible to know another person.

374 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2003

About the author

Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:

* They are officially published under that name
* They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author
* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author

Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.

See also: Anonymous

Reviews

[Helen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book to a point. It’s full of a lot of illicit sex, which is actually conducive to the story. BUT as it is only told in the first person you only get one side of the story. You get intrigued by the story and wonder where it will lead you. Spoiler alert - it doesn’t lead you anywhere. There are still a lot of unanswered questions. Was Cole ever unfaithful? Was Theo the manipulative best friend trying to break up the marriage? Or, was this all in the author’s mind? Who knows, and I guess we will never know!!

[Betty-Lou · Rating 5 out of 5]

Erotic. Well written.

[Sunny · Rating 3 out of 5]

First fiction book I've read in agesss. Very interestingly written, all in first person, very reflective, good amount of smut. Many short chapters, all commencing w a short 'lesson'. Easy to read. Can feel a little bit self indulgent in parts, but overall very engaging.

[Becca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting for it’s approach to a novel: all first person perspective, frequently about thoughts, feelings and behaviors; mostly conveying conversations from a single view interpretation. Different from usual first person in that you’re in someone’s head rather than being told a story. Structurally unusual with many very short chapters to allow jumps between situations; a useful technique for this type of story.

For the same reason as it was interesting ie the approach, it also became self-indulgent. I lost interest in the character because I was tired of everything being about her.

[Katie Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Went into this book blind, this probably isn’t something I should be reading a month out from my wedding!
This was an easy read. The secrecy of it all was engaging, unsure how I feel about her random taxi driver moments and how that was kinda brushed away as quick as it came about!
I’m a sucker for a mystery but I really don’t understand her going missing - I fear I’m about to go down a google rabbit hole.

[Katherine Nix · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is relatable but boring and depressing. I disliked most of the characters.

[Millie Backway · Rating 5 out of 5]

Raw.
Honest.
Insightful.
Erotic.
Unique.
Tragic.
Perfect.

[Milanola · Rating 4 out of 5]

A self discovery to personal flaws and truth of who we really are. There was something very relatable about how the book was written and a tone to how women are often raised to be a tool for men to project their wants and needs and how many women very easily sustain in that role they are bred in, often generationally. This woman realises one day that she wants more and wants to live her truest sexual self, like a man. And I find it interesting how mush more easily the reader wants to judge her for that than they would with a man if he was the one in the centre of this book.

[Victoria Fuller · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is such a werid rollercoaster of events. And so disturbing in some places then weirdly comforting. This book being a diary and obviously being made in entirely the main character’s perspective gives such a weird uneasy bias to the whole series of events.

I definitely enjoyed reading this and was very intrigued. Personally I think the smut was VERY intense. I’m also left unanswered within main characters husband?

[Felicity]

Gave up at about page 56. I read a few reviews as well to help me along, and I sold so many copies of it, but it's just not for me. Might give it a go another time if it crosses mypath. The more I read it, the more I wanted to pick up a Terry Pratchett novel, which was a good thing

[Laura Coulton · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn’t quite know what to expect, but i really enjoyed this book! I liked the perspective it was written from, how the chapters were broken up, it is quite poetic. A bit erotic, a bit romantic, a bit dramatic, all the good things that make a book interesting. I would definitely recommend this.

[trash · Rating 3 out of 5]

amateurish prose, probably a first time writer. devolves into pure smut. its intention comes off more as being therapeutic for the author, less as entertainment for the reader. not bad but not terribly interesting either.

[Caitilin Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Utter page turner. Really enjoyed the style of writing and depth of emotion.

[Aleisha · Rating 3 out of 5]

April, full of sex, affairs….no more than 3, giving it a 3 as it still had a story and was an easy read, I did want to know what would happen at the end

[Katharine · Rating 2 out of 5]

Hard to get through .....a mystery and a lovely homage to a daughter and grandson. I do hope they just decided to run away.

[Kiara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Y’all this book! What the flip. I read this in one sitting (mostly in the bath) and it was everything.
Such an interesting concept.