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Dear penthouse...

Revisado: 11-06-22

This was recommended to me as a romance novel about polyamory. However, alas: a threesome fantasy does not a polyamory make. Also, hours on hours of throbbing sex does not a romance make. And the writing could use some edit - characters jumped frequently between high literature and spoken slang, both in conversation and in thought. All in all I did not enjoy, but if your hot for a menagerie of clicks and kitties - maybe it's the book for you...?

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So good! So chaotic!

Revisado: 05-22-22

I read this book over 20 years ago, and all I remembered was a study on fads, a really annoying assistant, and that it was REALLY Good, but I couldn't remember why. Halfway past the book I was reconsidering this memory as possible nostalgy and reflection due to Willis' time travel books, which are great and I KNOW why they are great.
And then the climax comes, and my mind was blown all over again. It's a great feeling, to have your mind blown by a book.

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A crescendo of fragile masculinity

Revisado: 04-16-22

The premise is good. I like the idea of a strong, albeit socially awkward autistic trying to better her skill via meticulous practice. But as the book progressed there were more and more incidents where Michael basically forced himself on Stella, as if being aroused by him means her explicitly saying "no" is meaningless. This just goes on and on to a level of everything that's bad and toxic about masculinity.

The narrator is really struggling with the Vietnamese, and with distinguishing voices. That was NOT good either.

The only reason it's getting a 2 instead of 1 is that I guess if you don't mind toxic cringe, the writing is relatively fluent and the sex is sexy. Other than that I see no reason to read this.

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35 hours exposition

Revisado: 04-22-20

I'm not sure what to think about this book. On the one hand, it's another fine Clavell piece with as much twists and cunningness as his previous ones. On the other, this great plot comes after literally 35h of exposition, of setting up the background of the characters before they mature enough to the cunning level he loves. So meh. Not a must.

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Amazing book, amazing telling

Revisado: 09-16-19

I missed such great writing as Clavel presents in his books, and Jackson complement it perfectly with his unique narrative of each of the dozens of chief characters in the book. Truly amazing.

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Good book, but feels like Captain Kirk reads it

Revisado: 12-18-18

Really, the story is good and all, but the performance was irritating. Stops and commas everywhere, and you could hear when a recording session just started from the way he narrated normally, and then started to get caught up in the book and got back on his Shatner ways. A live example of how a performance turns a good book into mediocre.

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Great reading, hard listening

Revisado: 11-08-17

While both narrators are wonderful for their parts, and they transfer the variability of writing styles and psychedelicness of the book, it was really difficult to follow as a book. Too many things happen too often in people's head and you can't tell when's what.

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