J. Jay

It's Curtains for the Clifton Chronicles for me

Revisado: 04-19-16

Is there anything you would change about this book?

At some point the soldiers who survived the charge on the German bunkers during WW2 would have come forward and identified Giles Barrington as the one who lead the charge, and that Major Alex Fisher gave the egregious command, putting the men under his command at virtually unsurvivable odds. This would especially have been likely to come out at the time Giles was running against Major Fisher. His team would have put that dirt out there in the media along with the insider trading and Fisher would have been forever blacklisted and never seen again. This kind of shallow nonsense does not happen in Follet's Century Trilogy and is why I will not read any more of this soap opera drivel.The major characters from the previous novels just poof, disappear, except for superficial mention.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

I struggled to finish this one. The smuggling and the exaggerated evil gangster family was unbelievable. What parent, after finding out his son had been kidnapped by a criminal gangster smuggling 27 million into the country would let him complete the job? Any normal parent would have insisted Sebastian fly back with him to England. Of course Seb had to complete the job in order for the horrific plot to play out. His adolescent sexual encounters seemed to be thrown in just because it was expected - oh, I guess it's time for 17 year old Seb to have some sex, so he has the most superficial gratuitous sex ever written- so bad, it would have been better left out. Author needs to read the Outlander series if he wants to write about sex, or leave it out.

What about Alex Jennings’s performance did you like?

His performance was very good with the exception of some of the titled ladies, who were irritating to listen to, too affected.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

Oh my Gawd NO!

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Not worth a credit

Revisado: 10-26-09

Characters were poorly developed. Poor historical detail. Shallow plot development. Incidental romance. I was gritting my teeth to finish this book and wish that I hadn't. Anyone who loves the Outlander series will find this far and away below its class-for both writing and narration.

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Unique, darkly compelling

Revisado: 09-08-07

It is rare to find a way to completely escape a demanding and highly responsible professional life. Imagine taking a journey that enables you to give up control, forgo appearances and fears about ones reputation, and in this journey you can vicariously experience whatever wild sexual fantasies appeal to you.

Set in an S&M club, members can choose to act out their fantasies or enact and face what they fear most deeply and perhaps in so doing conquer their fears. Superficially this is one of the story’s premises, but for the main characters it’s more about dealing with feelings of alienation that started in childhood, and feelings of loss, and how these issues affect the ability to form deep emotional attachments.

In Tease the plot is original and unpredictable, which is unusual in the erotic romance genre, and the conflict facing the main character (Tess) is unique. Fortunately for Tess, she has a benevolent guide through the experience of learning to trust another human enough to give up control, surrendering completely, shattering, but coming out whole in the end. There is no cruelty in the process; surprisingly there is understanding and compassion.

One might be inclined to compare this to The Story of O, but there are significant differences. I found O to be full of the most graphic violence against women for the sadistic pleasure of abusive men, and was so put off by it that I had never before considered reading anything else related to S&M.

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