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Ruth Madison

Autor(a) de (W)hole

7 Works 39 Membros 2 Críticas

Obras por Ruth Madison

(W)hole (2009) 19 exemplares
Stewart's Story (2011) 8 exemplares
Home Country (2012) 4 exemplares
Dev Dreams (2011) 3 exemplares
The Billionaire's Secretary (2014) 2 exemplares
Guru's Grace 2 exemplares

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1982-04-17
Sexo
female

Membros

Críticas

This is an interesting collection of romantic short stories and novellas, centered around the theme of a woman (or girl) in love with a disabled man.

In some stories, the woman learns to love the man, and his disability is simply part of who he is. In others, the woman is a devotee, a person who is sexually attracted to someone who with a disability. In one story, the teenage girl is part of a group of friends, somewhat geeky, and draws closer to the twin of one of her friends, after he is diagnosed with MS.

In another story, one of my favorites, Marianne is a professional dancer, and in the end her wheelchair-bound husband partners her in a sensuous dance no one else could match.

The heat level ranges from sweet to extremely steamy. There are some formatting issues which distract somewhat, but all in all, it’s a very enjoyable collection.
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Assinalado
writerbeverly | May 1, 2014 |
Elizabeth is a devotee, a person who is sexually attracted to people with disabilities.

Disclaimer: I've "met" the author online, and have interviewed her for my blog.

This is her debut novel, and it shows. There's too much telling rather than showing, the dialogue is often stilted or cliche, and my version had enough typos and formatting errors to distract me from reading.

It's also hard to decide where to shelve this. Elizabeth, the character, is 18; the language used is very young, BUT the scenes where Elizabeth is either fantasizing about or having sex with Stewart, her love interest, are extremely erotic and well-written. The issue of Elizabeth's deep feelings of shame for her fetish/perversity is also well-portrayed.

For all its flaws, it's a very interesting look at a romantic mix of people, able-bodied and disabled, that aren't often portrayed in any kind of novel, let alone as a couple. I love that Stewart is not portrayed as a heroic martyr, making the best of the fragments of his shattered life. Yes, he has issues, and problems, and is somewhat creeped out when he finds that his new girlfriend likes him in part BECAUSE OF, not despite, his disability, but as a character, he is (W)hole.
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Assinalado
writerbeverly | May 1, 2014 |

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Estatísticas

Obras
7
Membros
39
Popularidade
#376,657
Avaliação
½ 2.6
Críticas
2
ISBN
2