Re: My impression of _Paladin of Souls_

David T. Bilek <davidbilek@xxxxxxx> writes:

It goes on for another couple paragraphs while the both climax, but we
get the idea. So I believe that can be taken as rather direct
evidence that these scenes are not related second hand but presented
directly to the read.

I'm still creeped out that this is the page I opened to randomly.
But it's clear that this stuff doesn't occur offstage.

Fair enough; I remembered it not at all, which shows how much
interest I had in the scene. I suspect I may have skipped it
entirely, skimming just enough to understand what Carey was saying.

And I will say that I found her work not at all arousing; her
impressions of kink and the actual workings of modern kink society do
not mesh very well at all. It's nice reading, but it is pure
fantasy.

I think that's why I liked the fifth book best so far; the
second half has no sex in it that I can recall, being an adventure
story, one man's quest to bring his wife's murderer to justice, and
her depiction of the vast, open and empty forests of Siberia is a
wonderful companion to the vast, emptiness in Imriel's heart.

Elf

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