Heidi

The Fairer Sex Collection, Book 4

By: Michelle Miller

Narrated by: Alexander Cendese, Simon Mattacks, Samara Naeymi

Length: 47 mins

Publisher's summary

For an imaginative screenwriter, the best way to explain Wall Street is to strip the men of their suits in this flirty and provocative short story of sex, romance, and capitalism.

Heidi is writing a script to explain the financial industry, based on how the men within it approach romance. Her clueless heroine is looking for a Wall Street husband, but who’s the best option? The Trader? The Investment Banker? The Venture Capitalist? Scene by sizzling scene, Heidi considers their assets. What she wants for certain is a happy ending - but when she hits a dead end, it might take a real-life finance guy to show her what a long-term investment really looks like.

Heidi is part of The Fairer Sex, a collection of sexy, satirical, and sometimes harrowing short stories that explore the question: “What do women want?” The answer is different for every woman, but each can be read or listened to in a single sitting.

©2019 Michelle Miller (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Hard to follow due to format

It's a book, about a screenplay, about a porno. Impossible to follow in audiobook format, and it was just contrived and weird. Who the heck is Dan Loeb?

You lost me 2 minutes in

Most of the story is written in screenplay format which I found extremely unappealing and distracting. I couldn't get into the flow of the story because the vocalized stage directions and scene changes were so jarring. In other words, 'do not recommend.'

Different

Wha? 😯 The writing structure is read like a script. Fun and fresh. 😁 This was humorous with sexytimes as the punchline. Standalones.

Nope ....

Omg i made it 7 mins in and just can't do it. i feel like I'm at the worst ping pong game ever and yet the game hasn't even started. if you make it throught this book you need a gold star.

Best in the collection thus far

#4 should be moved to #1, IMHO. Funny, clever, depicting a version of finance world porno about as depressing to one’s libido as “Boogie Nights,” the author still saw fit to give us a HFN ending :)

Worst Book in the Fairer Sex Collection!

I really did not enjoy this audiobook. I listened to all audiobooks in the fairer sex collection. For the most part, they were entertaining mindless stories I was able to enjoy to while doing various household chores. The only reason I finished this one was bc it was the very last book I listened to in the series and felt committed to finishing. It was pretty rough. The few sentences given by the narrator, followed by several minutes long plots before on to the next scene seemed confusing, pointless, and not cohesive. Listened for free through prime reads, so cant complain about the price, lol. The narrator on the other hand gets 5/5 stars, she was great!

Sex on Wall Street

A unique approach to explain the financial world and all its players through their sexual appetites.

All the scene changes are a bit much at time but Overall interesting. A nice twist at the end.

Intriguing short

Borrowed for free via Amazon Prime membership. At 48 minutes long (including intro & credits) this is a fairly quick listen.

Heidi is writing a porno starring Paige who dates her way through various men having jobs “in finance”. The point was to use each of the interactions (not always ending in sex) into metaphors for the kinds of jobs each man has. I liked it, but struggled to keep up sometimes as this was written out like a screenplay (and that can be tricky converting to audiobook) and as the scenes sometimes jumped around in time. A flashback kind of thing, but by minutes or hours. I still enjoyed it though.

I can’t imagine spending money on this or ever listening to it again. Though it was well written, an intriguing concept & perspective, and the narrators were great. I did find it odd that the recording only credits Samara Naeymi as narrator when Alexander Cendese & Simon Mattacks appear as well.

2 stars

Overall, the collection of short stories in The Fairer Sex by Michelle Miller are either amazing or not worth the time. I like that the cover has each woman's name in a different font. As for reading a novel by Michelle, I think I'd pass as she has some toxic blind spots that I don't want to endure.

Candace: A strong start to the series. If I wasn't married and dating, I'd create my own list. 5 stars

Meredith: I was initially laughing, imagining myself in the Whole Foods with Meredith. Then it took a turn that I couldn't decide if it was real or fantasy, which took me out of the story as it was so unrealistic. 2 stars.

Alicia: I hate-listened to this story and enjoyed it. The whole time I kept thinking, "Karma...". The end was really good, I just personally don't think it's fair, for a multitude of reasons. 4 stars.

Heidi: The beginning is hilarious. However, I found it boring (this coming from someone with a degree in accounting; different from finance, but not by much.) I did like when Heidi stopped writing her story and it became about her and Paul. 2 stars.

Clara: I really enjoyed this book. Clara's relationship with Michael, Lawrence, the intimacy, the twist...a lot was packed into this story. 5 stars.

Lauren: I was immediately put off by Lauren, describing her growing up in wealth and in the next breath taking about living in a cutting-edge place that was "far enough from Chinatown that [visitors] weren't put off by the stench." So unnecessarily offensive and filled with privilege, making it hard for me to have any sympathy for her.

I was intensely physically triggered with the description of her bulimia episode, which I hated. If you've never had an ED, then it will definitely give readers/listeners insight as to what it's like. However, I lived it and didn't need to live it again in such detail. 1 star.

Eleanor: this was as good as Clara. I loved how Eleanor dealt with her husband, except for the "we just did" line. 5 stars.

Keridee: I didn't see the point of this book and couldn't get into it. I understand she's pretty, but having other characters in the book who are only described as fat and their occupation is ridiculous. 1 star.

Samara Naeymi was a good narrator, embodying each woman and her story.

clever and funny erotica

I like the humor of this one. Really interesting take on the financial world.

the parody is David Attenborough as the narrator was funny.