This book is a shiny happy lesbian utopia, read Ammonite instead.
Old fashioned eco-feminist wish fulfilment. The writing is not bad but not impressive either imo. And then there's the bit about "double star"...
Although I much prefer the Brits for murder mysteries, this was quite servicable. Much less broadly drawn and overwrought than some lesbian fiction tends to be.
What a great overview! I read Odd Girl Out in its entirety a few years ago and was pretty disappointed - not much of what I'd hoped for from a pulp: good setting/feel for the time period and lots of sex; it is really pretty formulaic. So this overview was a nice surprise.Some of the selections in t...
While I enjoyed the book, i found it very dated. If I would have read it when I came out, just a few years after the book, I probably would have loved it.
While I enjoyed the book, i found it very dated. If I would have read it when I came out, just a few years after the book, I probably would have loved it.
I fear I can't agree with the enthusiasm of the person who recommended this to me. In discussing my reservations about the book, I will skip over certain purely scientific problems (such as egregious misunderstandings of basic biology), which do matter to a book that purports to be science fiction, ...
I thought this was a nice enough story. Kate has lost her umph!
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