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A review by theannabaker
Venus in Fur by David Ives
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.5
wow, quite different - wasn’t expecting the end lol
“To love and be loved all what bless!
And yet there glows a greater joy:
The tournament of that woman’s kiss
Who makes us her slave, her footstool, her toy,
who renders me a cringing cur,
My goddess, my dictator, Venus in fur”
“No man is worthy of dominating a goddess.”
“Subjugate me.”
“Is it ‘symbolic coffee’?
“He’s auditioning her.”
“She’s auditioning him, too.”
“The joys of a more repressed age. When conversation itself was erotic.”
“When conversations was all they got.”
“Because playwrights do that shit all the time.”
“I’m stubborn and I’m willful and I’m greedy, and when I start something I finish it.”
“To love and be loved all what bless!
And yet there glows a greater joy:
The tournament of that woman’s kiss
Who makes us her slave, her footstool, her toy,
who renders me a cringing cur,
My goddess, my dictator, Venus in fur”
“No man is worthy of dominating a goddess.”
“Subjugate me.”
“Is it ‘symbolic coffee’?
“He’s auditioning her.”
“She’s auditioning him, too.”
“The joys of a more repressed age. When conversation itself was erotic.”
“When conversations was all they got.”
“Because playwrights do that shit all the time.”
“I’m stubborn and I’m willful and I’m greedy, and when I start something I finish it.”