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lisadsam's review
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
an0987's review
dark
funny
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
bev_reads_mysteries's review
3.0
It's hard to believe that I now fit in Andras Vadja's definition of the "older woman" (30s and 40s).....
This is a lushly erotic book that still manages to provide several coy refusals. Just like the experiences cataloged in the amorous recollections of Andras Vadja. It is an engrossing story of a young man growing up among older women; learning to love and to make love from older women...and doing it while going through war and revolution and personal discovery. It has all the eroticism of a truly naughty book without leaving the reader (regardless of conservative background, trust me) feeling that it should only be read behind closed doors. Stephen Vizinczey writes convincingly of women and the intricacies of love and seduction. The book ends with the line: "But the adventures of a middle-aged man are another story." This novel makes me wish he had told that one as well. I gave it three and a half stars out of five on Visual Bookshelf.
This is a lushly erotic book that still manages to provide several coy refusals. Just like the experiences cataloged in the amorous recollections of Andras Vadja. It is an engrossing story of a young man growing up among older women; learning to love and to make love from older women...and doing it while going through war and revolution and personal discovery. It has all the eroticism of a truly naughty book without leaving the reader (regardless of conservative background, trust me) feeling that it should only be read behind closed doors. Stephen Vizinczey writes convincingly of women and the intricacies of love and seduction. The book ends with the line: "But the adventures of a middle-aged man are another story." This novel makes me wish he had told that one as well. I gave it three and a half stars out of five on Visual Bookshelf.
windycorner's review
1.0
This book came highly recommended to me, with the promise that it would contain deep truths about life. I didn't find those. This book is exactly what it claims to be: amorous recollections -- more specifically, the amorous recollections of a teenage boy/later young man and his multiple seductions of older women. In the course of said seductions, the narrator is prone to say things like "I wish I could rape you." One could argue that this is not an abnormal thought for an adolescent boy to have, but it's best to keep those thoughts inside one's head. For me, this did not make enjoyable reading.
bachaboska's review
1.0
DNF - Couldn't finish this book. It was hard for me to believe narrator when he constantly talked how he loves women and at the same time thought about rape on more then one occasion.
nanwhi's review
4.0
I really liked this book, it was very interresting, and I like that when it came to the sex it wasn't just about the sex, but about the emoitional part, and the level of attraction, and the psychology in it... The book was well written, and left a good insight in the life of all the different kinds of women you meet in the book. I don't have much more to say about this book, but I really enjoyed it, so much that I finished it within 14 working hours over two days.
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