Rayvatrap wrote:soserene wrote:What I found disappointing was.. First of all, I'd heard about what an excellent author she was. I'd never read anything of hers before. If she wants to write porn.. that's great too! But.... her vocabulary (in this particular set, anyway) was horrible!! It is by no means soft core, so I don't understand why "nether mouth" is the only word she uses besides the general word "her sex" or "his sex"... It sounds like a sex ed teacher trying to write porn.
Quote:Have you stop to think that those books were meant for adults and that the word "sex
" is the sum of the
structural, functional, and behavioral characteristics of living things that are involved in reproduction by two interacting parents. Plus, the terms she uses in the books are not vulgar at all.
And if you think that way about Rice, don't ever try Anaïs Nin, you'll die on the spot!
Dang I have so many up there I want to quote and comment on. I'll start with this one. I was lost at first, because you seemed to be agreeing with me, then I realized you just misunderstood me, to the extreme.
Firstly, I don't necessarily feel like you were trying to be rude... (I should send you a link to my VERY first message I posted here, boy did I feel like a total jackass, come to think of it, it was a response to nimh lol) Granted, it did make a pretty lousy first impression, nice to meet you.
Anyway, I figured I'd try to explain where I'm coming from.. I'm really.. a kind of cut the crap kinda gal, so excuse me if I seem unladylike or politically incorrect or whatever but.... the point is...
Besides what Nimh clarified... that she refers to
private parts
an average of 4 times per page, and she never says anything other than nether mouth (I know that really turns me on
) and "my sex"... it gets REALLY REALLY old... ESPECIALLY when there are THREE books, and that's the ONLY thing she talks about.... I mean.. C'mon... think of your wildest sexual fantasy, what would you think if a woman was talking dirty about her nether mouth???
If you're gonna write about sexual fantasies ESPECIALLY for adults, then we are probably reading THAT kind of book for reasons other than INTELLECTUAL stimulation... we want DIRTY, we WANT VULGAR!! Save that bullsh*t for a romance novel......and that last part you wrote...
Quote:Have you stop to think that those books were meant for adults and that the word "sex
" is the sum of the
structural, functional, and behavioral characteristics of living things that are involved in reproduction by two interacting parents. Plus, the terms she uses in the books are not vulgar at all.
And if you think that way about Rice, don't ever try Anaïs Nin, you'll die on the spot!
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I'm trying to be easy on ya here, darlin' cuz it's obvious that you haven't read this particular series.. there was nothing about living things that are involved in reproduction by two interacting parents.... It's about sexual dominance, royalty forced into sexual slavery to be spanked and tortured while they learn to love, even crave it. Which is interesting....... but only for the first 150 pages. She also wrote about some things that I just don't find the least bit amusing for almost one entire book of the series. Continuing to use the SAME verbs, the SAME adjectives, the SAME nouns over and over and over and over to repeat the same story in a different setting over and over and over. I guess I expected a more intricate, elaborate plot, a deeper story, and was disppointed when I read the whole trilogy and could sum it up in like three sentences and not leave out much.... and as Nimh said, I was amazed that she could be so BLAND with her vocabulary, especially with such a .... unique imagination...
*Steps off the soapbox*
I'll check out Nin cuz I'm curious now that she's been mentioned a few times. Thank you for your input!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go find my whip...
(In case the cow catches me trying to tip him!!)
