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"Grabbing the Brass Ring" by Unknown Author (dysfunctional sex)
8, 4, 3
"Grabbing the Brass Ring" by Unknown Author {You gotta label these damned things in the story itself!}. What we have here is a story-by-innuendo. The narrator is an apparently young woman who has been trying to get her act together after a string of dysfunctional events. We learn from her meandering memories that she has recently fucked the brains out of a pair of twins, who left her after several months for other women, and that as a six-year-old she had crawled into bed with her grandpa to comfort him when his wife had died and that she had performed a similar service for her brother several years later. The narrative evolves in a very confused fashion - I guess this is supposed to convey the sense of confusion that this screwed-up person is feeling as she retells her story. She presents herself as a bastion for good in the lives of the many people she has "helped" by having unusual sexual relationships with them. But while she's spent her whole life giving, she's never had the chance to "grab the brass ring" for herself. Yeah, right. I suspect the author had a point here, but he lost it amidst the convoluted attempts of the narrator to rationalize her sexual dysfunctions. As it stands, this is just a weird story that I don't recommend at all. Ratings for "Grabbing the Brass Ring" Athena (technical quality): 8 Venus (plot & character): 4 Celeste (appeal to reviewer): 3 |