There are plenty commas, just not very many dots. Every single sentence is a clunky mass of grammatically incorrect, overly formal sentence constructions bordering on pompous writing (see examples below) and failing elevated diction. Buildings and backgrounds of people are described in great and unnecessary detail (see examples below), but above all in a stiff and very stilted way. The story progresses at a glacial, mind-dulling pace. The author loses herself in endless descriptions of mundanity, while there is nothing remotely intriguing to cling onto. I wish the latter had been available before I decided to give Spanking Dee-Dee a go.
This book was unreadable to me.Īnd thus I second everything Jenna mentioned in her review and would like to add the following, so that if you are considering this book there are now positive AND less positive reviews to take into account. I quit at page 47, feeling like I’d run a marathon. What a puzzling, but mostly tedious experience this book was! I tried pushing myself, but every single sentence was hardship. How much do I love that they don't have sex at the end? Oh, so much! proof of the existence of breakfast was ready and waiting on the altar of my kitchen table and he’d better hurry up and worship before it vanished."īut the heart of the story, and Simon's not-entirely-reliable narration, won me over swiftly. It's more like a second draft, with flashes of awesome. I've got two parts of me warring a little over this review, because technically, craft-wise, it's not a great book.
To clarify: this is not a book about a couple in a Domestic Discipline or BDSM relationship. It was great! It's a travesty it has so few reviews (and therefore, I'm assuming, readers). But it is a super-cute, slice-of-life, falling-in-love-slowly, feel-good, happy book.
Why would anyone pick that title? That single-handedly put me off reading this for a very long time. You were right! It was one of those "Can't put it down until I've finished: fuck getting up for work in the morning!" books. Many thanks to Sarah_loves_books, for insisting, repeatedly, that I would like this book. "Head-spinning" kisses, cuddling, and adorable Britishisms
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