Michael Faudet

Dirty Pretty Things is the international bestseller by Michael Faudet. A finalist in the 2015 Goodreads Readers Choice Awards, his whimsical and often erotic writing has already captured the hearts and minds of literally thousands of readers from around the world. He paints vivid pictures with intricate words and explores the compelling themes of love, loss, relationships, and sex. All beautifully captured in poetry, prose, quotes, and little short stories. Michael lives in a house by the sea in New Zealand with his girlfriend, international bestselling author, Lang Leav.

Dirty Pretty Things

Dirty Pretty Things is the much anticipated book by Michael Faudet. His whimsical and often erotic writing has already captured the hearts and minds of literally thousands of readers from around the world. He paints vivid pictures with intricate words and explores the compelling themes of love, loss, relationships and sex. All beautifully captured in poetry, prose, quotes and little short stories.

Anjorin Molayo 

The play on words in this book is just TOP TIER!! 🤌🏾❤️

tina

This was utterly shit. I may have found one or two poems that I liked, but the rest were just ridiculous. I get that this is erotic poetry but I was expecting it to be metaphorical and subtle in talking about sex. But the writing was so straightforward to the point where the author used words like "wet", "fucking", and "panties". I cannot tell you how many times I literally cringed or laughed out loud because of the ridiculousness of the poems. This book is a disgrace to poetry. 

Here are some examples: 

  “Poetic   

 Now’s not the time to be poetic, she said. Just pull my panties down and do me up against this tree.”  

  “Overwhelmed   

 I know I shouldn’t be telling you this, she said, but I have 
an overwhelming urge to fuck you—right here, right now.” 

  “Rainy Afternoons   

 I love spending rainy afternoons in bed getting wet.”  

  “Kindness   

 Do you know what really turns me on? 
What I find incredibly sexy? Kindness.”  

  “Dirty   

 You make me feel a little dirty, she said, and I fucking love it.” 

And lastly: 

  “Voyeur   

 There comes a moment, hidden beneath the gentle moans escaping your lips, where a wet line is crossed. Transforming the act of touching yourself to a whole different level. It suddenly becomes what it really is. Everything you want it to be. Raw, hardcore, legs apart, masturbation.

And as the intensity of the pleasure increases with each repeated circle, the fantasies start to flow. Sticky and swollen. Stretching your imagination and opening you up to your dirty little secrets—

Pulling your hair and fucking you fast.

A tiny mouth opens . . .

Spasms and shock waves of pleasure explode between your legs, mini aftershocks rippling over your clenched body, as tight fingers pull on a hard nipple.

You lay beneath the messy sheets, quietly exhausted and smiling.”  

I can't believe these are actually considered as "poetry". Definitely the worst book that I've read this year so far.

High Fidelity

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Ciara Janae ۵

Don’t remember when I started reading this but I actually really enjoyed the mix between long poems & short poems. I loved that some poems have small illustrations, & I love the fact that some of the sexual ones can be implied in different aspects! :) I’d recommend to someone that wants to get into poetry because this just made my poetry itch stronger, poetry era incoming!! 💳

Andrea Alvarado

Shannon O’Connor 

So beautifully written. Raw and real encounters of falling in love and having sex with someone you love. Passion is captured in each line. An amazing read.

Jessica 

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"It is here, beneath the maddening silence I hear your name. 

An echo of you."

Review also found here. 

The first thing you should know is this: I'm a massive fan of Michael Faudet. He is, hands-down, my favourite male poet in the ever-thriving community of modern poets. There's just something about his prose that captivates you instantly and takes you on a journey. It's a quality that is not easy to achieve in so little words--but Faudet manages to do so at every turn. 

Dirty Pretty Things, his first collection, was exactly as you'd expect: dizzying and sensual; blunt and honest, compelling in a whimsical manner that cannot be described. Relying heavily on sexuality and matters of the heart, Faudet puts experience at the forefront. His voice comes across strong and heated.

He writes, you listen. And that is the best quality a poet can have.

There's something utterly arousing (for lake of a better word) about the manner in which Faudet bares his soul and analyzes past experiences. For many authors, dabbling in an erotic sort of prose can be mediocre at best. Like they are tipping themselves into a sort of drab exploration of sexuality. Faudet does not come across as such--he is forceful, to the point, in his words and that's what makes it work from pen to paper. Dirty Pretty Things sounds exactly as it should--human.

(Best of all, the mentions of s*x feel neither try-hard or mechanical.)

You see one person's experience at the forefront. Faudet commands your full attention and keeps you in place. In truth, his passion is very prominent throughout each page and is what has, or will, draw a steady fanbase to him. You'll just want to hear more.

Impossible to put down, highly charged, Dirty Pretty Things is one of the best collections that modern poetry has to offer. Truly spellbinding, and an instant favourite.

Dirty Pretty Things

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