Oriana Small is a porn actress who goes by the name of Ashley Blue, and appeared in hundreds of films. There's a happy ending - the author marries a nice man, gets back into art and writing, and her ex, after sinking to the level of a low level bukkake guy gets on a rehab program. It has a certain gruesome fascination, a forlorn hope that no one gets hurt, but it intrigues nevertheless. Her lifestyle becomes bizarre in the sense that she couldn't fully see the big picture, but the details were being focused - but only for that moment or two.

Her book is refreshing in comparison to a powerhouse like Jenna Jameson's autobiography, or the sometimes eye-rolling inducing thinkpieces that the new porn star du jour, Stoya, regularly puts out. A poor condition book can still make a good reading copy but is generally not collectible unless the item is very scarce. And as with the most honest soldier’s memoir, you look forward to finishing it even as you can’t put it down—you hit the halfway point of this 310-page book, and you’ve already read chapters entitled “Double Anal,” “Pissmop,” “Gonorrhea,” “Choked Out,” “Anal Fisting,” “Ass Herpes,” and you think, There’s more?Oriana has a lot of trauma to deal with as well as a lot of joy, but all I got out of it was an endless stream of drugs and disappointment. By using LibraryThing you acknowledge that you have read and understand our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. I preferred to wait until we got in the car to fight, but he liked to slam bathroom doors and pull me aside in front of the other porn people.

The book's title refers to a series of porn movies of the same title, where she plays both perpetrator, forcing young girls to extreme sexual acts against their will, and victim. This makes the parts of "Girlvert" where Oriana finally learns to assert herself even more inspiring. I guess every loser who can't get laid can get vicarious revenge by watching a woman get humiliated.From accolades to agony, Girlvert illuminates the surreality of a life lived beyond all comprehension.