|
Return To the Celestial Review (This does NOT open a new window) Return To the Index (This does NOT open a new window) Note, to make reading multi-part stories easier, story links (links with dejanews.com or www.qz.to, NOT the review or profile links) will open up a new browser window. When you are done reading the story, or section of the story simply CLOSE the story window. |
|
"The Metamorphosis of Lara Kane" by Lara Kane (sexual
emergence) 9, 8, 8
"The Metamorphosis of Lara Kane" by Lara Kane (lkane@rocketmail.com). Guest review by BillyG. Anais Nin, Henry Miller's extraordinary lover, once employed the writing device that described a woman, trapped by physical circumstance, who falls under the compelling erotic spell of being groped in public. Nin's character was pressed to immobility by a gathered mob who'd assembled to witness a public hanging. Tensions and emotions already high, she was initially shocked, then aroused and finally brought to orgasm by an unknown hand. Part of the eroticism's intensity is rooted in her helplessness. There was nothing she could do about it. She was trapped. A victim. A victim of the faceless man exploring her body and more, trapped by that body whose very response was unbidden and, on the surface at least, not wanted. Led to our suppressed sexual soul, even against our will, has the substance of deep desire, the more intense that it's "forced" on us. So too in "The Metamorphosis of Lara Kane." This first person account by the author first paints the picture of an asexual, even ridged woman, who is sexually groped on a crowded bus. While she is able to extricate herself, she is so shaken by the experience, she needs to return to her home in the safety of a taxi. But she doesn't escape her body's demands in this futile retreat. She's blind-sided by her desires and falls to its demands. We're left with the impression that this is the first step in a longer journey of sexual metamorphosis. The core of eroticism is there. The execution needs more feeling, more vulnerability. Ratings for "The Metamorphosis of Lara Kane" Athena (technical quality): 9 Venus (plot & character): 8 (needs more character development) BillyG (appeal to reviewer):8 (a bit scattered, didn't exploit the potential steaminess it might have) |