Rogue Review No. 413 - July 17, 1999

NOTICE: If you are easily offended, not of the required legal 
age, or material of an erotic nature is illegal where you are, 
then do not read what follows.

TITLE: The Eye of the Beholder
AUTHOR: MichaelD38
LENGTH: 33,000 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Male
COMBINATION(S): Twosome (Female, Male)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Unmarried Couple
KINK(S): BDSM
SETTING(S): Home
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: Danny is working on his masters thesis.  He is writing 
about the Semiotic Aspects of BDSM Erotica.  In the process of 
doing some fieldwork he meets Danni.  She teaches him about BDSM.
He teaches her about semiotics.  Somewhere in between, they get 
the hots for each other.

COMMENTARY: This is good.  This is very good.  This is beyond 
very good.  This is excellent.  Okay, okay, I liked this story, a
lot.  It has it all: plot, characters, and hot sex.  Need I say 
more?

There are a couple things in particular that struck me about this
story.  The first is the two plot lines that the author has 
running.  The first involves Danny and Danni.  The second is a 
story that Danny is writing for Danni.  The author does a nice 
job jumping back and forth between the two plot lines.  There is 
also a certain amount of symmetry between them.

The other thing that struck me, is the fact that both the main 
characters essentially have the same name.  The first thing that 
this brought to my mind is masturbation.  The second thing that 
occurred to me is a yin and yang type relationship.  Is there 
anything to either of these ideas? Possibly, but it is also 
entirely possible that I'm just blowing smoke up my own ass.

I think that most of you should enjoy this story.  Even if you 
don't normally care for stories that involve BDSM themes, if you 
at least think that you are open to new ideas then I recommend 
that you try reading this story.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 10.0 (out of 10)

         - Arousal: 5/5
         - Editing: 5/5
         - Plot and Characters: 5/5

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Excellent

LINK(S): The Eye of the Beholder

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         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=429962417&fmt=raw [2/9]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=429962424&fmt=raw [3/9]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=429962430&fmt=raw [4/9]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=429965378&fmt=raw [5/9]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=429965384&fmt=raw [6/9]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=429965391&fmt=raw [7/9]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=429965396&fmt=raw [8/9]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=429965402&fmt=raw [9/9]

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