Rogue Review No. 477 - December 12, 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 Uncertainty of the Meek
AUTHOR: The Mysterious Mr. Lee Organization
LENGTH: 12,400 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Female
COMBINATION(S): Twosome (Female, Male)
                Twosome (2 Females)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
                Homosexual (Female)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Friends
KINK(S): --
SETTING(S): Home
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: This is the story of Michi's life.  In particular 
it focuses on her love life, from high school, through 
college and grad school, until after she turns thirty.  She 
is, in her own words, meek.  It is this quality of her 
personality that shapes her development.

COMMENTARY: This story evokes a lot of thoughts and 
feelings.  I'm not too sure where to begin but why don't I 
start with what I perceive to be the central theme of the 
story: growing up. That is what this story is all about, in 
my mind.  It tracks Michi's development from her teen years 
until she is about thirty.  Maybe growing up isn't the best 
way to describe the focus of the story; maybe maturation is 
a better way to think of it.  The story is about how Michi 
matures over those years.  Yes, I think that sounds better; 
is more accurate.  I really think that part of the reason I 
enjoyed this story is because that was the focus of the 
story.

Another reason why I liked this story was the narration and 
author's descriptive abilities.  Michi's recollections of 
her life are rich in details.  She does not speak as much 
about why things happened as she does about what happened.  
All the little details that she remembers made the story 
that much more real to me.  The fact that she didn't feel 
the need to explain most of them was perfectly all right 
with me.  In fact, I usually prefer it that way.  She had 
her notions about why some things happened, but didn't get 
caught up in trying to explain too much.  She merely 
described.

Yet another reason why I liked this story is the main 
character, Michi.  Being a devout introvert, I felt that I 
could empathize with her.  Well, actually it was her manner 
of speaking that made feel close to her.  She described the 
shortcomings in her life in ways that spoke volumes to me.  
I felt like I knew the song, even though I only got to hear 
a few notes played by one instrument.  It was really quite 
beautiful and moved me in a number of ways.  It would not 
surprise me to find out that not everyone who reads this 
story has the same reaction, as this was a very personal 
reaction on my part.

Finally, the part you've all been waiting for, I found this 
story to be wildly arousing.  I hope that you are still 
reading, because I'm not sure that all of you will find this 
story quite as arousing as I did.  There is sex in this 
story, but sex is not the focus of the story.  The focus of 
the story is Michi's emotional development, or at least that 
is how I would phrase it.  There are things in this story 
that I found arousing, which I am sure some of you would 
not.  There are descriptions of kisses and touches, that had 
the blood pounding through my veins with inevitable 
consequences.  Likewise there are also conversations that 
had little or nothing to do with sex that I found to be 
extremely intimate and got me quite aroused.  There are also 
some explicit descriptions of sexual couplings, but those 
aren't as easy to find in this story as some of the other 
things that turned me on.

I wish I could say that you will all enjoy this story, but 
I'm sure that some of you may not.  I found it to be a very 
satisfying read in more ways than one.  I hope that this 
review has made that clear.  I think that it should appeal 
to those of you who want more than just sex, those of you 
who want a story that isn't about sex, but maybe has some 
sex in it.  I think that it should appeal to those of you 
who like stories about characters, about growing up, or 
about emotional development.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 10.0 (out of 10)

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

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Outstanding

LINK(S): The Uncertainty of Meekness

         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21707 [1/4]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21708 [2/4]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21709 [3/4]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/21710 [4/4]

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=558444848&fmt=raw [1/4]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=558444854&fmt=raw [2/4]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=558458856&fmt=raw [3/4]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=558458860&fmt=raw [4/4]

         The Mysterious Mr. Lee Erotica Emporium

         - http://pages.ripco.net/~metrdesn/

