Confessions of a Womanizer

By Stephen E. Chatman

Confessions is an erotic account of insightful and perplexing reflections of one man's past relationships with numerous women.Confessions is an intriguing look into the mind and heart of a man... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 097271491X
• ISBN13: 9780972714914
• Release Date: February 2003
• Publisher: Must Read Books
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.5" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Sex-Kitten.net Review:

This is a dangerous book. More powerful than any man's little black book. For the journal entries of the womanizer are where he pours his soul, the girls in the little black book merely get his sperm. In 'Confessions of a Womanizer,' Chatman provides more than a glimpse into the world of the predatory, noncommittal male. Through Catman's wonderful prose, we learn the hidden emotional life of a womanizer ~ yes, contrary to outward appearance, they do have emotions. Therein lies the danger. Her friends have named him a womanizer, a cad, a user. But she knows differently. Underlying every woman's fantasy about this man that all her friends tell her is a cad, is this deep rooted, unwavering conviction that he is wounded, and that she, & she alone, is the one worthy of helping him heal his wounds & exploring the emotional world with her ~ and only her. The fortress hides a passionate man. Chatman feeds every one of those fantasies with his rich, passionate journal entries. Even when he is at his most dispassionate in action, the writing belies a depth of feeling, code of honor, & pain ~ yes, even an awareness of 'her' pain. Yet, he remains alone. Remains a womanizer. There are chases & frustrations. Conquests & roads not taken. There are loud breakups, and the quiet moments when the romance disintegrates. He'll wax on rather poetically over the inner beauty of one girlfriend, then it's tirade regarding expecations placed upon him ~ a man who clearly stated the rules from the get-go. Next he laments the ability to approach a woman, his self-confidence shaken. He beckons, he repels. He says come hither, then disappears yon. Like any real world womanizer, he dodges definition as he weaves his spell. In truth, there is danger in this book. It's seductive powers can make you pine for this alluring & elusive man ~ or the one just like him you are thinking of when you hear the word 'womanizer.' (Don't!) If you buy this book looking for the answers to understand The Womanizer, you won't find them here. But that's only because he doesn't have them himself yet. And if the magic of his writing lies tied up with those tangled emotions of his, for the selfish reasons of a reader, I hope he never does find the answers. (Sorry to doom you to a life of solitude, Stephen. But a girl's gotta read.) (Condensed Review)

To commit or not

Dare I say it...at first glimpse of this novel; I geared myself for some raunchy tales of a man's pursuit of lust and how he emotionally brutalized women in his quest for self-satisfaction. Well I admit it, I was wrong. In CONFESSIONS OF A WOMANIZER, I was wowed by Stephen E. Chatman's intense and often brutal assessment of his life as a womanizer. At one point he writes, "The curse of the womanizer is to have an attraction for what we can not have and a refusal to settle for whom we are with." He covers the full gamut of relationships from platonic to romantic and everything in between. He provides a lot of insight on what contributed to his life as a womanizer. I found myself amazed at his deep examination of self and secretly wondered if other men experienced relationships in the way he did. His account also provided me with a look at women and how we may contribute to a man's failure to make lasting commitments in relationships.CONFESSIONS OF A WOMANIZER reads like a journal as Chatman eloquently writes of his exploits in subtle, non-demeaning ways. In one relationship he describes the anguish of just coming together, "We had all the pieces to make a great couple, but neither of us knew how to complete this puzzle." The title of this book does not invoke sympathy, but within the pages, I began to sympathize with the man and how lonely he was in his life as a womanizer. It appears as if he cries out for commitment at times and runs for the hills at others. This book will make you uncomfortable as he steps on toes with truths about relationships and roles both men and women play in them. His stories are sometimes funny, enlightening, thought-provoking and heart wrenching. This is an excellent book and one to be savored by both men and women.Reviewed by Brenda M. Lisbonof The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

True Life Confessions

I was shocked at how deep this book is. From the title it seems like a book full of erotic encounters. It isn't. What Confessions of a Womanizer is, Is true accounts of the relationships of Stephen Chatman a womanizer. The book reads like personal jounal entries. Full of deep thoughts and feelings about intimacy, love and relationships. This is true confessions and deep thoughts from the male psyche. I enjoyed this look into the mind and heart of a man.DawnMahogany, Albany, N.Y.

Thought-provoking chronicles of the male psyche!

Forget Men Behaving Badly! Confessions of a Womanizer offers an insightful look into the male psyche with dark, thought provoking entries. Stephen Chatman floored me with this exquisite and intelligent book. As a viction of heartbreak, there are aspects that I know all too well -- however, Chatman still managed to surprise me with some rather profound thoughts and views on relationships. As I read the entries, I realized that this is more to do with general men's behavior than simple chronicles of a notorious philander. This book is an excellent gift to all women who've wondered why the men of their dreams haven't called them. It's an excellent source! Highly recommended...

Keepin' It Real!

Stephen Chatman is a person sharing his innermost self in an extremely honest, no-excuses fashion. If you read this collection, these memoirs, these reflections, with receptiveness, questions will be answered and curiosities will be eased. By the time you make it to page 25, you will be convinced that if you read further, you will be richly rewarded.These brief accounts are arrayed from serious to humorous, platonic to romantic, restraint to recklessness, respectful to formerly forbidden, conflict to resolution and temporarily angry to eternally hopeful. He accomplishes this with a voice sprinkled with simile and metaphor resulting in pleasing poetic prose. "Confessions of a Womanizer" reaches across all boundaries to allow a diverse readership to feel kinship, discover insights and find inspiration.This book will wrinkle the covers on the other side of your comfortable bed of truth. Therefore, it is not for the faint-hearted. Rather simply, it is for those who seek to understand who we are, both individually and as one.In this, his second, full-length outing, Mr. Chatman displays incredible maturity of perception, perspective and pureness. Against all anticipation, I confess, I am deeply satisfied.