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"Drive-By" by Peter Principle (nostalgic sex). Sven: 10, 10, 10
"Drive-By" by Peter Principle (PeterPrin@hotmail.com). Review by Sven the Elder, who may be contacted at Sven@brass-neck.demon.co.uk. 'Drive by' is a bitter sweet story of last partings, taken in the knowledge that a relationship was ending. It's a backward look at that last time, tinged with regret and a philosophical glance of what might have been. There is a description of making love for that last time, that is good and describes the degeneration of love making to just plain fucking as it becomes apparent that the relationship is closing. Reading it a few days before Celeste asked for the review, it left me wistful. Many years ago I left one relationship in not dissimilar circumstances. It revived those feelings, the thoughts and the deeds of that time ago. I ended up sitting looking out of my study at the autumn twists of brown and gold in the trees. That a story like this can evoke such memories and feelings of events in ones own past is a mark of its success. Quite excellent in a slightly sad, wistful and thought-provoking way. Ratings for "Drive-By" Athena (technical quality): 10 - Nothing to jar or interrupt the flow Venus (plot & character): 10 - A cameo, well captured. Sven (appeal to reviewer): 10 - Thought provoking and enjoyed. |