diannamorganti's reviews
439 reviews

This book was mostly enjoyable. It wasn't as "fun" and "light" as the cover would lead you to believe. It starts out that way, but dives into the moral, legal, and emotional implications in a not-particularly-believable way.

I had to force myself to finish it, because I didn't have anything else to read at home. If it weren't so short and if I'd been reading anything else, I'd have turned this one into the library unfinished.

I wouldn't say I was rewarded for my hard work by finishing either. Seems to have tried to leave on a cliffhanger for a sequel, but I doubt I'll ever look for one myself.

I was intrigued by the idea of a humorous absurdist erotica novel (what it seems to be from the reviews). I wouldn't say that I was disappointed or that it's a 'bad' book - it's just not written for me.

It's clear from the beginning (and really from life itself) that men and women think about sex differently. In this novel, though, you don't have a regular man - you've got a sex addict. His way of thinking is so radically male and so radically different from mine that I just couldn't get into the book. I was numbed by the language so much that I found myself skipping paragraphs, then pages, and finally just giving up about a third of the way in. I'd rather have read the book from his partner's point of view than his.

I listened to the audio version, which was great. It wasn't a full cast, but rather the narrator would change each time the point of view shifted. The book ended and Orson Scott Card had an extra 45 minutes or so of air time discussing how he came up with the story and his life during that time.

I'm definitely going to keep going in the series (darn you Card!). The author noted that he almost thinks #2, Speaker for the Dead, is better than #1.

Gloriously confusing: that's what I'd call this book. The plot is like a reverse logic puzzle turned 72 degrees to the left, and you're definitely both smarter and dumber by the end of the book.

Alright, I read this book almost all in one day - after work. You can see my version of the formula for a paranormal romance in my review for "Wraith", and this book fits it like a tight white t-shirt. It just happens to be wearing a sweet floral print skirt with the tee. It's a 'cozy' paranormal romance (though there is some blood... it is about vampires after all), and it was impossible to put down.

I hadn't had this much fun with this genre in a while - quite a surprise since I hate gorgeous blonds who talk about how pretty and tan they are. Sookie is infinitely more likable than Anita Blake has become in the last several books. Dammit - another series; and one with a TV show to go along with it! There goes my next week or two. :) That's okay -- I enjoy Anna Paquin - and she's not a natural blond, so I can still like her.

This is probably my favorite home decorating book ever. I'm hardly a connoisseur of the genre, but I actually went page-by-page on this book. Normally I'd have just flipped through randomly. I even read some of the articles!