I *think* that's an oxymoron...but don't quote me on that :P
who knows, I might have read this out of sheer curiosity (though I really don't know after a review like that.)
Did you see the spoiler for the ending in the comments? That's a big load of DNW for me. And, I think, it does larger damage to the genre - its a controversial book already, being how its about BDSM and set in fetish clubs, but to add that sort of 'negative' surprise twist ending? Paints the whole genre in that light. It's just...bizarre, to me, how far out of their way some authors will go for the sheer shock value.
Because I found it neither romantic nor how women should act when they're in love.
THIS. There is a lot of "popular" romance stuff that I just hate, because I believe there should be more to a woman's life and existence the the presence or absence of a man. The romance genre has come so far since the days of the bodice rippers, but there are just enough of them around to keep it mired down. And this was ~literary fiction~ which is supposed to be ~better~ than genre - but after reading this, would you pick up a romance novel? I wouldn't!
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I *think* that's an oxymoron...but don't quote me on that :P
who knows, I might have read this out of sheer curiosity (though I really don't know after a review like that.)
Did you see the spoiler for the ending in the comments? That's a big load of DNW for me. And, I think, it does larger damage to the genre - its a controversial book already, being how its about BDSM and set in fetish clubs, but to add that sort of 'negative' surprise twist ending? Paints the whole genre in that light. It's just...bizarre, to me, how far out of their way some authors will go for the sheer shock value.
Because I found it neither romantic nor how women should act when they're in love.
THIS. There is a lot of "popular" romance stuff that I just hate, because I believe there should be more to a woman's life and existence the the presence or absence of a man. The romance genre has come so far since the days of the bodice rippers, but there are just enough of them around to keep it mired down. And this was ~literary fiction~ which is supposed to be ~better~ than genre - but after reading this, would you pick up a romance novel? I wouldn't!