Rogue Reviews Digest No. 52 - November 21, 1999

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Reviews

  "Ms. -- No, Dr. Bobbie Johnson" by Billy G
  "For the Love of Becca" by Virago Blue
  "Strip Poker" by Deborah the Cowgirl
  "Dangling By A Thread" by Lambchop
  "The Punishment" by Silverine
  "Watch Where You Put Your Hands" by DrSpin
  "Darcy" by Shadow Cleric

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Rogue Review No. 459 - November 11, 1999

TITLE: Ms. -- No, Dr. Bobbie Johnson
AUTHOR: Billy G
LENGTH: 6,300 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Male
COMBINATION(S): Twosome (Female, Male)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Former Teacher-Student
KINK(S): --
SETTING(S): Home
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: Billy is stuck at home in a cast, when one of his 
former students pays him a visit.

COMMENTARY: This story is a lot fun.  The author does a nice 
job setting the scene.  He gives enough details to make it 
credible.  He leaves plenty of room for the reader's 
imagination.  He does not cut to the chase too quickly.

There are a few references in here that are a bit before my 
time.  There is also some medical terminology used, herein, 
that left me puzzled.  In neither case was it very 
distracting.  In fact, once the story got rolling I had no 
interest in slowing down, reading that is, even if there was 
an occasional word or two that I did not understand.  The 
ending is, well, I'll let you find out for yourself, but 
suffice it to say that I was impressed by it.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 10.0 (out of 10)

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

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Outstanding

LINK(S): Ms. -- No, Dr. Bobbie Johnson

         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/20906

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=546770905&fmt=raw

         Stories by Billy G

         - http://www.mrdouble.com/htm/raauthors/billyg.htm

         Stories Online

         - http://www.storiesonline.net/

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Rogue Review No. 460 - November 13, 1999

TITLE: For the Love of Becca
AUTHOR: Virago Blue
LENGTH: 18,700 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Female
COMBINATION(S): Twosome (Female, Male)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Doctor-Patient
                 Friends
KINK(S): --
SETTING(S): Doctor's Office
            Home
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: Becca finds herself single and pregnant after her 
boyfriend walks out on her.  She runs into an old friend 
from high school, Greg, on her first visit to the doctor's 
office.

COMMENTARY: I enjoyed this story quite a bit.  The plot 
takes in much more than just sex.  A good deal of it focuses 
on Becca and her pregnancy.  She continues to work while she 
is expecting.  She runs into Greg in places other than the 
doctor's office.  She interacts with some of her clients at 
the counseling center.  She has a life.

There is one plot line that is dropped towards the end 
without any sort of resolution.  It wasn't central to the 
story, but it left me thinking that the author dropped the 
ball before she crossed finish line.  I don't know if that 
last sentence made sense, but hopefully you get the idea. 

I did find the sex to be very arousing, but there isn't an 
abundance of it.  That's why I gave it the arousal score 
that I did.  The score reflects quantity, and not quality, 
in this case.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 7.5 (out of 10)

        - Arousal: 3/5
        - Editing: 5/5
        - Plot and Characters: 4/5

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Very Good

LINK(S): For the Love of Becca

         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/20939

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=546960527&fmt=raw

         Virago Blue's Home Page

         - http://members.aol.com/mdmvirago/mdmvirago001.htm

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Rogue Review No. 461 - November 14, 1999

TITLE: Strip Poker
AUTHOR: Deborah the Cowgirl
LENGTH: 2,200 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Female
COMBINATION(S): Threesome (2 Females, Male)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
                Homosexual (Female)
RELATIONSHIP(S): High School Classmates
KINK(S): Bondage
SETTING(S): Home
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): Forced Sex

SUMMARY: Deborah and Athena invite one of their shy male 
classmates over to study.

COMMENTARY: I enjoyed this story because of the bondage and 
forced sexual activity.  That sounds odd, since I normally 
don't care for stories that involve forced or non-consensual 
sex.  On the other hand, I can see how such a situation 
could be both frightening and arousing.  I think it is the 
mix of emotions that got to me.

I think that the author went a bit too far with her female 
characters' actions, at the end of the story.  I suppose 
that they were just trying to protect their reputations, but 
I had a hard time seeing it that way, while I was reading 
the story.  At the time, their actions just seemed cruel to 
me.  It wasn't so much what they did, as much as the fact 
that their victim didn't seem to get any joy or thrill out 
of it.

So, I enjoyed this story, with reservations.  It is arousing 
and entertaining, but it is also short on plot, the author 
cuts to the chase too quickly, and the way it ends makes me 
uncomfortable.  Okay?

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 7.5 (out of 10)

        - Arousal: 4/5
        - Editing: 5/5
        - Plot and Characters: 2/5

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Very Good

LINK(S): Strip Poker

         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21077

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=547852989&fmt=raw

         Deborah the Cowgirl's Home Page

         - http://www.cowgirldeb.com/

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Rogue Review No. 462 - November 16, 1999

TITLE: Dangling By A Thread
AUTHOR: Lambchop
LENGTH: 3,200 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Male
COMBINATION(S): Twosome (2 Females)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Strangers
KINK(S): Voyeurism
SETTING(S): Home
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: Allan almost falls to his death, while washing 
windows on a skyscraper.  That's how the story begins, more 
or less.

COMMENTARY: This is a nice story, but I found it somewhat 
lacking.  The sex is somewhat arousing, but my biggest gripe 
with the story is that I felt there was too much telling and 
not enough showing.  By that I mean that the author seemed 
to inform the reader rather than simply describe what was 
happening.  It can be a fine line, but the difference seems 
to me to be that in the latter case the author does not 
leave the evidence as open to interpretation as he (in this 
case) does in the latter.

I suspect that I may be blowing this whole showing versus 
telling thing out of proportion.  It is entirely possible 
that I am overlooking a true gem of a story.  In light of 
that, I will point out that this is a romantic story.  So, 
if you like erotic stories that have a romantic flavour to 
them then you may want to give this one a spin.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 7.0 (out of 10)

        - Arousal: 3/5
        - Editing: 5/5
        - Plot and Characters: 3/5

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Good

LINK(S): Dangling By A Thread

         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/20956

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=547120351&fmt=raw

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Rogue Review No. 463 - November 16, 1999

TITLE: The Punishment
AUTHOR: Silverine
LENGTH: 2,900 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Female
COMBINATION(S): Twosome (2 Females)
ORIENTATION(S): Homosexual (Female)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Dominant-Submissive
KINK(S): Bondage and Discipline
SETTING(S): Home
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: A submissive woman is punished by her mistress.

COMMENTARY: This story flows beautifully.  As I read it, I 
could feel the tension building within me.  The main 
character is torn between dread (at what her mistress has in 
store for her) and joy (at the thought of being treated in 
such a manner by her mistress).  These emotions and came 
through very clearly, and while they are conflicting they 
also made her seem very real.  The ending is divine.  It 
doesn't completely resolve everything, but it does leave the 
reader with plenty to wonder about.

For those of you who may get squicked by some bondage and 
discipline stories, let me assure that there is nothing very 
extreme in this story, other than the main character's 
emotions.  Maybe I should have just coded it 'Light 
Bondage', but I chose not to.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 9.5 (out of 10)

        - Arousal: 5/5
        - Editing: 5/5
        - Plot and Characters: 4/5

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Outstanding

LINK(S): The Punishment

         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21212

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=548399362&fmt=raw

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Rogue Review No. 464 - November 16, 1999

TITLE: Watch Where You Put Your Hands
AUTHOR: DrSpin
LENGTH: 2,800 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Male
COMBINATION(S): Twosome (Female, Male)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Older Man-Younger Woman
KINK(S): Exhibitionism
SETTING(S): Home
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: 40-something Mike "accidentally" makes a move on 
19-year-old Judy.  His attempt to extricate himself from the 
situation is less than successful; and somehow the situation 
gets more complicated.

COMMENTARY: On the one hand I feel that the author has done 
a very nice job just presenting characters without mixing in 
too much plot.  On the other hand I think that I would have 
liked it if there had been a little more to the story.  It 
was compelling, in some ways, but it also left me thinking, 
"aren't there other angles or details that author could have 
included?"  Still, this is a first rate effort.  It isn't 
too predictable, nor too focused on sex.  The ending wasn't 
quite what I expected, but it was credible.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 8.5 (out of 10)

        - Arousal: 4/5
        - Editing: 5/5
        - Plot and Characters: 4/5

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Excellent

LINK(S): Watch Where You Put Your Hands

         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21259

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=548670241&fmt=raw

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Rogue Review No. 465 - November 18, 1999

TITLE: Darcy
AUTHOR: Shadow Cleric
LENGTH: 6,400 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Male
COMBINATION(S): Solo (Female, Male)
                Twosome (Female, Male)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Older Man-Younger Woman
KINK(S): Voyeurism
SETTING(S): Home
            Restaurant
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: 40-something Lance takes pity on Darcy, his 16-
year-old neighbor.  Her parents aren't very nice people.  He 
can't take his eyes off of her.  He starts off by buying her 
gifts, anonymously.  Eventually she finds out and...

COMMENTARY: I enjoyed this story quite a bit.  It is paced a 
little fast.  Some aspects of it required me to suspend my 
disbelief more than I normally prefer to; still, I liked it.  
The author does not cut to the chase too quickly.  He takes 
his time and allows a series of events to build up.  What I 
meant when I said that it is paced too fast, is that the 
action within each individual scene flows too quickly.  The 
story on the whole is nicely paced.

I believe that this story will appeal more to men than it 
does to women.  I say that primarily because this seems like 
more of a male fantasy than a female one.  I could be wrong.  
Its happened before; once in 1975; nobody's perfect.  Maybe 
if Darcy had been fleshed out a little more before she and 
Lance got involved (ooops, did I just give a way part of the 
plot?) then I might not have made this assertion.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 8.0 (out of 10)

        - Arousal: 4/5
        - Editing: 4/5
        - Plot and Characters: 4/5

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Excellent

LINK(S): Darcy

         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21223 [1/5]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21224 [2/5]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21225 [3/5]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21226 [4/5]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21227 [5/5]

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=548445993&fmt=raw [1/5]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=548445996&fmt=raw [2/5]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=548462738&fmt=raw [3/5]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=548462740&fmt=raw [4/5]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=548462742&fmt=raw [5/5]

         Shadow Cleric's Domain

         - http://www.asstr.org/~shadowcleric/

