I once volunteered as an extra in a photo shoot with the model on the cover, Mischa. I'm a fan of hers, and I always liked the stuff from the old nerv...moreI once volunteered as an extra in a photo shoot with the model on the cover, Mischa. I'm a fan of hers, and I always liked the stuff from the old nerve.com so I gave this a shot.
Damn awful. Although to be honest, I didn't make it past the second short story. My wife and I tried reading it together. I read one aloud, she read one. Somehow it seemed somewhat entertaining when you were the listener, but it was painful to read.
The best erotic literature is first and foremost literature. The only acceptable difference is that when the sex scenes start it doesn't shy away from the details. This was just crap.
I found this book to be unfortunately written in a style that was boring me to tears. I think she has an interesting story to tell, but she is not a g...moreI found this book to be unfortunately written in a style that was boring me to tears. I think she has an interesting story to tell, but she is not a good story teller. Central themes were repeated over and over again (I got it the 3rd time!). I also would have preferred less obvious bias. The facts speak strongly themselves without editorializing.
Would have been better as a magazine article series.(less)
I'm sort of stalled on page 1000/3000+ of this book. I think I'll eventually finish it, but it's hard to keep going. The writing isn't horrible, but i...moreI'm sort of stalled on page 1000/3000+ of this book. I think I'll eventually finish it, but it's hard to keep going. The writing isn't horrible, but it's like reading a soap opera. The characters are ridiculous. It's like reading a right wing romance fantasy soap opera fairy tale. Still, even though it has been weeks since I put it down, I'm curious about what's going to happen next. I'm not proud of it though, just like I'm not proud of being addicted to watching General Hospital each afternoon when I got home in the 80s. At least Luke and Laura were more believable though.(less)
I almost stopped reading this book 20 pages in when I realized there was going to be zombies. It was bad enough that it was a steam punk novel, but OM...moreI almost stopped reading this book 20 pages in when I realized there was going to be zombies. It was bad enough that it was a steam punk novel, but OMG zombies? Um, the Bandwagon came by, and it wants its memes back. Steam punk (which is "what happens when goths discover brown") has been strangely annoying to me since it exploded a couple of years ago. Strange because I should be into it as I do dig the aesthetic, but I just can't enjoy it because it turned into such a mindless hipster thing so quickly. But zombies? Give me a break. That was something that was over before it started. There was exactly one zombie meme that didn't suck, and it was the first one I heard of, when zombies attacked SCA practitioners at some park in Montreal like 7 years ago.
But enough about me and me being a curmudgeonly hater. This book didn't totally suck. If I were a teenage boy still, I think I would have dug it. I couldn't help feeling the entire time it would have made an awesome graphic novel. But it is not an awesome book. I don't read a lot of fiction these days, and when I do it tends to be things from literary greats like DeLillo, Pynchon, Eggers, Moore, etc. The author of Boneshaker was spinning a decent yarn, but without any sign of literary skill. I was constantly thinking in the back of my mind I should just stop reading it, but finally pulled the plug this weekend when I was telling some friends about it and just could not make any justification for why I should keep reading it.
Avoid unless you're a teenagr, or really into steampunk and zombies.(less)
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