Group Sex

Rating:
Summary: Uncomfortable
Review: Having been introduced to Arensburg's work through the magnificent "Incubus," I was a little disappointed with "Group Sex." A truly disturbing tale of a young editor and her love (?) affair with a theatre director.

Although I finished the book in the matter or two days, it was an uncomfortable read. The main character allows her lover to completely reform her, pulling her in and out of distorted shapes. The main character is uncomfortable with her lover through most of the novel, and the reader senses this.

Because I think Arensburg is a gifted and talented writer, I cannot completely malign the book. "Group Sex" is a quick read, and an engaging one, although a bit disturbing for this reader.

Rating:
Summary: Uncomfortable
Review: Having been introduced to Arensburg's work through the magnificent "Incubus," I was a little disappointed with "Group Sex." A truly disturbing tale of a young editor and her love (?) affair with a theatre director.

Although I finished the book in the matter or two days, it was an uncomfortable read. The main character allows her lover to completely reform her, pulling her in and out of distorted shapes. The main character is uncomfortable with her lover through most of the novel, and the reader senses this.

Because I think Arensburg is a gifted and talented writer, I cannot completely malign the book. "Group Sex" is a quick read, and an engaging one, although a bit disturbing for this reader.

Rating:
Summary: Needs new title....
Review: I have to agree with the previous reader's review. This was book was somewhat disappointing for several reasons. One, this book was not about "Group Sex" at all. Group sex was only part of a group conversation that took place on one evening of the entire book! I can't help but to wonder if the author used the title to attract 'would-be' readers... Second, most of the secondary characters in the book were extremely bland and boring, but I believe that may have been the author's intention to emphasize the life of the main character, Frances. Third, the reader may or may not understand why Frances would stay in a topsy-turvy relationship with Paul Treat, a theatre playwright, and the reader may grasp this in the very ending of the book where Frances finally voices her desires.

Rating:
Summary: Needs new title....
Review: I have to agree with the previous reader's review. This was book was somewhat disappointing for several reasons. One, this book was not about "Group Sex" at all. Group sex was only part of a group conversation that took place on one evening of the entire book! I can't help but to wonder if the author used the title to attract 'would-be' readers... Second, most of the secondary characters in the book were extremely bland and boring, but I believe that may have been the author's intention to emphasize the life of the main character, Frances. Third, the reader may or may not understand why Frances would stay in a topsy-turvy relationship with Paul Treat, a theatre playwright, and the reader may grasp this in the very ending of the book where Frances finally voices her desires.