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"Lara's Defeat" by Dimitri
"Lara's Defeat" by Dimitri (dimitri_resides@hotmail.com). {Link: See TOC.} This review is the personal opinion of Kim, who can be contacted at ghost@nym.alias.net. . This is the first piece of fan fiction I've read with the one and only Lara Croft as star. Whatdya mean, "Who's Lara Croft?" She's the rockinginst, sexiest, most belligerent adventure babe ever to grace a computer game. She's been in two adventures of her own so far, with a third planned for Christmas next year. She's appeared on film at U2 concerts, in a German pop video, and is soon to star in a live action movie from Paramount. She and the Spice Girls are the new hip icons of British youth (though I don't think they'd use the word "hip" anymore.) Blessed with enormous breasts, more firepower than Saddam Hussein, a spectacularly short temper, gazelle like athletic ability, and a total disregard for any and all endangered species of animal (which includes men), Lara is the living embodiment of grrrl power. After all that gushing praise for the star, what of this story? Well, this is a prequel to Lara's first video game adventure, Tomb Raider, and employs some of the characters from that. Her soon-to-be arch-rival, Pierre, embroils her in some tomb-raiding to assist some Prof or other, to gain access to a sealed burial chamber in Egypt. At first Pierre and Lara bicker and trade insults, but, being as this is an ASS/M story, they're soon fucking furiously, Lara being a bit peeved that Pierre should have taken up with a stewardess on the flight to Cairo. After much adventuring, a bit more copulating, some shootouts, and another fuck, the story ends at the opening sequence to the first video game, which funnily enough has no fucking in it at all. As a story, I really enjoyed it. OK, it's not Alistair Maclean or anything, but not bad by any means. The sex was fairly stereotyped, but I kinda expect that in most ASS stories. The author seems obsessed with thumb knuckles rubbing clitorises for some reason, and he also seemed to want to go through as many names for the female genitals as he could. Even when Lara's masturbating, it has to be while she's dreaming of cock, and she fucks herself with three fingers, rather than simply rubbing herself. Still, it's written by a guy, whatdya expect? I enjoyed this as a major Tomb Raider fan, but I suspect it's not good enough to be liked by a non-Tomby as either, a straight sex story, or as a strong enough adventure in its own right. So fans only, possibly. Ratings for "Lara's Defeat" Athena (technical quality): 9 (Good, just not brilliant) Venus (plot & character): 9 (Plenty of action, intrigue and adventure) Kim (appeal to reviewer): 8 (I would had liked more adventure and less repetitive sex) |