Satisfying justice porn novel where the delicious villain Mrs. Robinson gets all of what she deserves. But one pessimistic reader could not suspend diSatisfying justice porn novel where the delicious villain Mrs. Robinson gets all of what she deserves. But one pessimistic reader could not suspend disbelief enough to totally buy into a world where poor immigrant women win and rich WASPs suffer....more
Quiet and touching. Why shouldn't old people have feelings. Thanks Anjali for the rec.Quiet and touching. Why shouldn't old people have feelings. Thanks Anjali for the rec....more
Listened to an audiobook which was a recording of a performance by LA Theatreworks. I don't remember anything. I think it was a piece of candy.Listened to an audiobook which was a recording of a performance by LA Theatreworks. I don't remember anything. I think it was a piece of candy....more
Once again, embarrassingly bad. I quote: "Pulling her top off, I dove at her white little tits and sucked her hard nipples. They were like candy on myOnce again, embarrassingly bad. I quote: "Pulling her top off, I dove at her white little tits and sucked her hard nipples. They were like candy on my tongue. I loved her tits. If I had two heads, I'd have sucked them both at once." NOT COMEDY! Not intentionally, at least.
Am straight now. JK straight erotica is just as bad. Am ace now....more
Total page-turner. I stayed up late several nights in a row to finish this series, something I haven't done in years.
Loved the quiet moments of Mary Total page-turner. I stayed up late several nights in a row to finish this series, something I haven't done in years.
Loved the quiet moments of Mary Malone's anthropological explorations of life in the mulefa world; the rationalist heroes (pear-shaped scientists, lusty witches, cowboy caricatures, nomadic gypsy pariahs); and the antiestablishment, atheistic, and epicurean values (call the last "sex-positivity").
Liked the density and pace of the story; the movements around the multiverse; and the author's epic ambitions. There are a lot of ideas.
The writing serves the plot but isn't glorious in itself. The location descriptions got tedious, while descriptions of manners and emotions were shallow; I look forward to the actors in the TV adaptation adding depth. The plot in the last book felt serialized, like a video game: first this quest, then a side quest, then another and another and another. And though some main characters die, the outcome of the series is never in doubt, so I didn't get a feeling of real risk. These things put together make the series feel targeted to children...which it is, so why am I complaining again??...more
Fragmented chronicle of the first year of a divorce/young single motherhood. Some unforgettable images (the rooftop sea, the drunk on the street), somFragmented chronicle of the first year of a divorce/young single motherhood. Some unforgettable images (the rooftop sea, the drunk on the street), some bracing confessions about her impatience with her daughter (making her daughter sleep in urine-soaked clothes!). Lots of recollections of dreams and anxieties. But you already knew that quiet Asian women had rich inner lives, didn't you?...more
The reviews for the movie version cleaned the "languid" aisle out of the word store so I can't use the word here.
I liked the voice of the precocious tThe reviews for the movie version cleaned the "languid" aisle out of the word store so I can't use the word here.
I liked the voice of the precocious teenager. I liked the voice of the reflective adult at the end. I liked imagining myself getting sunburnt lying next to a pool thinking about music, then fucking a peach. Too bad Armie Hammer was a brutalist and unemotive audiobook reader (but I listened at 2x speed, so ymmv). ...more
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