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3.0�toiles sur 5 ordinary after all, Janv. 14 2004

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This review is from: The Book of Revelation: A Novel (Paperback)

An interesting read with an intriguing premise. A male dancer is kidnapped and held prisoner by three unidentified women who keep him chained up and sexually abuse him. Once released, the emotionally and physically scarred protagonist must deal with the changes in himself and seek out the abusers. (There are some improbable moments: the character fails at one point to take the opportunity to free himself when he has the chance, and his sex life in one part of the book is more like that of James Bond.) However, it is precisely because the writing is so good and the circumstances described are so compellingly bizarre, that it is disappointing when the book ends up saying something that is rather obvious.

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1.0�toiles sur 5 euro trash, Janv. 14 2004

Par	wormy (rex, ga United States) - Voir tous mes commentaires

This review is from: The Book of Revelation: A Novel (Paperback)

being that I stayed up till all hours last night laboring through this trite novel in hopes of some revelation that the title suggests; I'm cranky and tired but I'll try to keep my
opinion professional. It rather disturbs me that this book had been recommended to me by several women. Has this become some kind of feminist manifesto? I hope not.
The novel is told in a draggy first person narrative. Every other paragraph begins with grade school sentences like "As I looked at the trees in the park, I couldn't help but feel like..." or "I couldn't help but feel, as I looked at..."
Quite honestly I found the main character self-centered and
self obsessed, but somehow we are led to believe his vanity is
warranted due to the fact that he is a dancer. Regardless of his
profession, he is a bore, and unfortunately, their is no escape
from this characters every self reference & petty meanderings from pg 1 t the unfullfilling end. I beg you, please do nothing to add to the hype of this novel.

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2.0�toiles sur 5 Disappointing and Ultimately Pointless, Mai 23 2002

Par	Scott Shorey (Moscow, Russia) - Voir tous mes commentaires (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Book of Revelation: A Novel (Paperback)

This book starts off with an interesting premise that never comes close to its potential.
Maybe it's the stereotypical English reserve, but I never got the impression that the protagonist was all that traumatized by his capitivity or the aftermath. When his girfriend of six years leaves him immediately after his return, he just shrugs it off like it was meant to happen and that was that.
Later, even five years after the event his inability to tell anyone about what happened makes no sense either since he didn't seem too traumatized to begin with. He just uses the experience to drop out of life and become a drifter without trying to deal with the experience and move on with his life. This is inexplicable since again, the experience didn't seem to bother him too much to begin with.
Another small issue, having been to Amsterdam once, it didn't appear that the author had ever been there. The few details he gives about Amsterdam and Holland could have been lifted from any tourists guide. He also appeared to know little about the Dutch language.
This was the first book I have read by Rupert Thomson and it doesn't give me the desire to read another. I'm glad I picked it up at a second hand bookstore.

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3.0�toiles sur 5 Sexual Captivity and Revelation
The blurb on the back cover of "The Book of Revelation" suggests that the novel "fearlessly exposes our darkest fears to reveal the sinister connections between sex and power and... Read more

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4.0�toiles sur 5 One Less Fantasy To Dream About
Some men (not me of course) fantasize that they are held captive by a clutch of beautiful women who do interesting things to them. Read more

Publi� le Mars 17 2002 par Robert Derenthal

1.0�toiles sur 5 The literary equivalent of Cinemax after hours
Think early Bret Easton Ellis channeling Shannon Tweed. Then move on.

Publi� le Sep 16 2001 par K. Collins