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Title: Echoes from the Dead
Author: Johan Theorin
Number of Pages: 400 pages
Book Number/Goal: 2/30
My Rating: 3.5/5
( Review )
Author: Johan Theorin
Number of Pages: 400 pages
Book Number/Goal: 2/30
My Rating: 3.5/5
( Review )
Title: Obsession - Girl Abducted
Author: Claire Thompson
Number of pages: 178
Genre: romance
Book Number/Goal: 6/50
My Rating: 4.5/5
Review:
This book is about a stalker who abducts a movie star he has a crush on, and makes her his sex slave. The tone of the story is perfect: I love the non-con BDSM (consensual stuff doesn't turn me on) and the main character's need to control his slave completely. The process of breaking and brainwashing the captive sounds very convincing, as well as the abuse being the expression of the torturer's genuine love for his victim, to which I can relate 100%. The scenes are nicely descriptive and without excessive fluff.
Unfortunately, there's practically no plot to speak of and no mystery/intrigue (unless one counts "will he succeed to make her totally submissive?" and this is completely predictable). The book is rather repetitive, both with action scenes, even despite a new torture introduced in every chapter, and with thoughts/feelings; for example, all the "progress reports" sound basically the same - the captor ruminates on the slave getting more compliant but still not good enough. I understand that repetition is probably a constraint of the genre, but I believe it *is* possible to combine porn with action/adventure/mystery.
In any case it was a light, relaxing and enjoyable reading. Also, was much amused by this Amazon review - such kind of bashing is the best recommendation. Will keep an eye for similar novels!
Author: Claire Thompson
Number of pages: 178
Genre: romance
Book Number/Goal: 6/50
My Rating: 4.5/5
Review:
This book is about a stalker who abducts a movie star he has a crush on, and makes her his sex slave. The tone of the story is perfect: I love the non-con BDSM (consensual stuff doesn't turn me on) and the main character's need to control his slave completely. The process of breaking and brainwashing the captive sounds very convincing, as well as the abuse being the expression of the torturer's genuine love for his victim, to which I can relate 100%. The scenes are nicely descriptive and without excessive fluff.
Unfortunately, there's practically no plot to speak of and no mystery/intrigue (unless one counts "will he succeed to make her totally submissive?" and this is completely predictable). The book is rather repetitive, both with action scenes, even despite a new torture introduced in every chapter, and with thoughts/feelings; for example, all the "progress reports" sound basically the same - the captor ruminates on the slave getting more compliant but still not good enough. I understand that repetition is probably a constraint of the genre, but I believe it *is* possible to combine porn with action/adventure/mystery.
In any case it was a light, relaxing and enjoyable reading. Also, was much amused by this Amazon review - such kind of bashing is the best recommendation. Will keep an eye for similar novels!
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