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by Robert Goolrick
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Vanessa Jaye's Book Daze
Vanessa Jaye's Book Daze rated it 13 years ago
I mean to put this on the suspense shelf and it sensual by mistake, but after reading a number of low starred reviews here on Goodreads, the main complaint being too much thinking/talking/doing sexxoring, I think I'll leave it on the sensual shelf. :D
ellemoe
ellemoe rated it 13 years ago
While I don't like the fact that all the women in this story turn out to be whores, it's a good book. Not what I was expecting from the blurb, but it was a nice surprise. Definitely worth reading though it tripped me out a bit. Seriously intense read. I was riveted and couldn't wait to see how thing...
An Excellent Library
An Excellent Library rated it 13 years ago
I simply could not get into this book. I checked it out because of the setting -- rural Wisconsin in the early 1900s. I had ancestors living there around that time and thought it would be an interesting insight into life back then, plus the topic of a mail-order black-widow bride seemed intriguing...
Caffeine Reviews
Caffeine Reviews rated it 13 years ago
This book was definitely not what I thought it would be the three major characters are pathetic, shallow and extremely despicable human beings. If there not whining and crying about their past lives their obsessing about sex and when I say sex obsession I kid you not. I was really hoping for a suspe...
Gale Martin
Gale Martin rated it 13 years ago
This book was not what I expected but turned out to be so engrossing. From the first page to the last I was swept up in the story. One of the things I particularly appreciate about it is the title, now that I've finished. It made me wonder whether he conceived of the title first. He must have. Brill...
The BiblioSanctum
The BiblioSanctum rated it 13 years ago
My January loan from the Kindle Lending Library, so diving into this book was a relatively risk-free venture and I wasn't too concerned about the mixed reviews.There are definitely heavy sexual undertones throughout the entire book that some readers might find off-putting, but I honestly didn't have...
To Shoot or Not to Shoot
To Shoot or Not to Shoot rated it 13 years ago
Another of those books that have a great idea but you wish someone else had written it. The soft porn sections were repetitive but easy to skip through but my main complaint is how the author is continually telling the reader what the characters are feeling and what the characters are like. I bought...
The Welsh Bookworm
The Welsh Bookworm rated it 13 years ago
Another view of love and murder in early 20th-century rural Wisconsin...If this had not been an audiobook, I probably would not have finished it. It is a psychological tale about desire and despair. It reminded me very strongly of a macabre book that was popular when I was in college in the 70s - Wi...
StaceyHH
StaceyHH rated it 14 years ago
vacation read #5: highly stylized writing. I think I quite liked it, it certainly kept me interested. Very reminiscent of the kind of stories that show up in film at IFF.
CluckingBell
CluckingBell rated it 14 years ago
I had been told it was pretty racy, so I thought at least it would be lightly entertaining. It really wasn’t. I don’t object to the basic plot at all, but I did not enjoy the narrative style. I’m not sure what to call it. Non-present? Summary? It was a lot of ‘some days this would happen, other days...
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