A review by inthelunaseas
The Juliette Society by Sasha Grey
2.0
I really wanted to give this book three stars, because Sasha Grey can actually write decently well, but I admittedly DNF this at about 200 pages. I was starting to skim the constant sex scenes and by the 200-page point, I really didn't care to finish it.
Which sucks a little, because it seems like some plot started to develop after that point. From what I picked up, a murder mystery started to unfold and Anna, the main character's best friend, was... killed? Kidnapped? I didn't want to sit down and untangle that.
The plot came a little too late for my liking. If Charlotte/Sasha had skipped half the fantasy sex scenes in the start and moved quicker to the Juliette Society, I'd have likely finished this. Because yeah, yeah, some of the descriptions are a bit florid (but hey, it's erotica, what do you expect!), and I grew bored of them, but Grey, like I said, isn't a half-bad writer.
Which sucks a little, because it seems like some plot started to develop after that point. From what I picked up, a murder mystery started to unfold and Anna, the main character's best friend, was... killed? Kidnapped? I didn't want to sit down and untangle that.
The plot came a little too late for my liking. If Charlotte/Sasha had skipped half the fantasy sex scenes in the start and moved quicker to the Juliette Society, I'd have likely finished this. Because yeah, yeah, some of the descriptions are a bit florid (but hey, it's erotica, what do you expect!), and I grew bored of them, but Grey, like I said, isn't a half-bad writer.