"“This is the truth: we all desire to conquer the comely one, because it affirms our own worth. Speaking for the men of the world, we want to own the beauty of the woman we're fucking. We want to grasp that beauty, tightly in our greedy little fingers, to well and truly possess it, to make it ours. ...
I'll be completely honest with you, I only picked up this book because the cover seduced me. A woman's back is a lovely thing, and I dig tattoos, so sue me. I surely did not expect to find the story I read within the pages of this book. Right off the bat, I commend the author for creating such a mov...
Opening Line: "Accidents ambush the unsuspecting, often violently, just like love." I really liked this book and found myself absorbed in the world that Andrew Davidson created. THE GARGOYLE is a multilayered tragedy within a love story and it will affect you on many different levels; h...
(You can see the complete review at: http://viking2917.blogspot.com/2008/05/gargoyle-by-andrew-davidson.html) The Gargoyle, by Andrew Davidson, created a minor sensation in the literary world when it went out for bid in 2007. Reportedly, early bids of $1 million were declined. Doubleday eventually...
This novel has several interwoven stories. There is the contemporary story of the unnamed first person narrator, a burn victim, and his romance with Marianne Engel--who believes she first loved him in 14th Century Germany--that story she tells him in Scheherazade fashion, a bit at a time. There are ...
I found this inside one of those bargain bins at Big Lots. As it only cost me a couple bucks, it sat on the shelf next to a bunch of other books I picked up that weekend. I had more pressing reads to attend to. When I finally got around to reading it, I was unhappy with myself for putting it off so ...
Accidents ambush the unsuspecting, often violently, just like love.It was Good Friday and the stars were just starting to dissolve into the dawn. As I drove, I stroked the scar on my chest, by habit. My eyes were heavy and my vision unfocused, not surprising given that I'd spent the night hunched ov...
I keep trying to figure out why this book is not calling to me.... It seems like my type of story -- recommended to me various times as something unique & different, weaving historical fiction through the stories w/in stories. But still, I just can't completely get into this one (even though I've re...
Harlequin-esque in story (evidence: cover), but well-written overall. The physical descriptions of pain and other sensations are well done (pun not intended), but they weren't enough to hold my interest. This is one of those trending books that everyone reads and talks about for weeks, and so you ...
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