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"The Two of Us" by Vickie Tern (TG femdom) 9, 7, 3
"The Two of Us" by Vickie Tern (VickieTern@aol.com). Vickie Tern's transgender/by_authors/vickie_tern This is a femdom story, but female values hardly triumph. The story is about the forced (?) feminization and enslavement of a man by his wife. But it is also deeply misogynistic - the woman telling the story expresses beliefs about how we should behave which I found both repellent and archaic. As a reviewer I'm from a different world. I adore my husband and the narrator has nothing but contempt for hers. I'm a feminist and the narrator despises women. I have to accept the narrator's world view is part of something a large group of readers find profoundly erotic but which, in this case, passes me completely. It is well-written, hypnotic in its assurance, but falls down in its POV. The tale is told as though the narrator were talking to a friend, and this approach is often successful. But the speaker goes on and on - it's a very long story - without apparently pausing for breath. I couldn't help wondering how long any listener would have put up with this without interjecting a question or response. I know *I* had some questions, like "Why didn't you just divorce him if you loathed him so much?" or "Exactly how unhappy do you both want to get?" but, aw, fuck it, this is sex fantasy, not RL and I respect the fact some people will love every minute. I can cheerfully accept it's not my thing. What I find hard to handle is the hatred of both women's roles and male inadequacy expressed. The only life jumps into the story as the narrator describes great experiences with passionate huge-dicked men. I wish *she'd* stuck to that. Or *he'd* stuck to that - whatever.... Ratings for "Two of Us" Athena (technical quality): 9 Venus (plot & character): 7 (falls down on narrative voice) Bronwen (appeal to reviewer): 3 (it *is* well-written, and a few bits flickered some appeal) |