tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post4683892881955813454..comments2024-03-27T12:54:20.598-07:00Comments on The Misadventures Of Super Librarian: Vanilla Is All I NeedWendyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-27939231127785534752012-09-14T13:08:11.527-07:002012-09-14T13:08:11.527-07:00Tori: That was me too. It took an awful long time...Tori: That was me too. It took an awful long time for me to "connect." Once I did (over halfway through for me), I just....couldn't muster up a lot of enthusiasm. Although I do think the emotional scenes at the end were very well done.<br /><br />Soren aside, it was a very tame read for me. I don't need wall-to-wall sex in erotica - but I need SOMETHING. Let's call it "emotional messiness." There wasn't enough of that here for me.Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-41938099922704811112012-09-12T12:29:48.224-07:002012-09-12T12:29:48.224-07:00I'm barely half way through and just connectin...I'm barely half way through and just connecting with the characters. I agree with your assessment of Nora and the whole Soren revel (I knew about Soren before I even started). I thought it would be more titillating and scandalous but I find it to be rather meh.Torihttp://www.gigisconsignmentccloset.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-17535629941450781712012-09-12T11:29:28.755-07:002012-09-12T11:29:28.755-07:00Las: Soren smacked too much of shock value for me....Las: Soren smacked too much of shock value for me. Like his sole reason for existence was to make the reader gasp and say, "Oh no she didn't!" <br /><br />I like the idea of exploring themes of sex and religion in the same erotica novel, but dude - making the characters simply "devout" would have done the trick. Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12485867264936716806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-350052669699480502.post-73413757576865377552012-09-12T07:40:06.525-07:002012-09-12T07:40:06.525-07:00While I liked Nora more than you did,I agree with ...While I liked Nora more than you did,I agree with your take on her. "Emotional coward" describes her perfectly. <br /><br />My main gripe with The Siren--and why Reisz lost a lot "good writer" points with me--is Soren. I thought he was utterly ridiculous, nothing but a caricature, and the fact that Nora and Zach took him seriously and never thought to laugh in his face made me lose a lot of respect for the characters. He's the reason I don't plan to read any other book in this series. Lasnoreply@blogger.com