Rogue Review No. 457 - November 10, 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: Sharing Kim
AUTHOR: E. Z. Riter
LENGTH: 10,200 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Male
COMBINATION(S): Twosome (Females)
                Twosome (Female, Male)
                Threesome (2 Females, 1 Male)
                Threesome (1 Female, 2 Males)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
                Homosexual (Female)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Friends
                 Married Couples
KINK(S): Exhibitionism
         Partner Swapping
SETTING(S): Beach
            Home
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: Jason wants to share Kim, his wife, with Dave, his 
best friend.  She is resistant, when he first suggests that 
she sleep with Dave, and does not mellow to his desire very 
quickly.

COMMENTARY: What I liked about this story are its 
exhibitionist elements and the build up to its inevitable, 
climactic scene.  I enjoyed the dilemma that Jason was faced 
with, as long as he was not discussing it with Kim or trying 
to rationalize it in his own mind.  It was at those times 
that I felt the story took a turn south.  I liked the sex 
and the sexual situations; they were hot.

As I have already mentioned, I did not care for the 
discussions that Jason and Kim had about her sleeping with 
Dave.  They seem longer than need be.  Each time the subject 
was brought up it seemed to be a rehashing of the last 
discussion they had on the topic.  I did not get much, if 
anything, out of hearing them replay their arguments 
regarding why she should or should not sleep with his best 
friend.

On a slightly different note, there is one angle of this 
story that turned me off: Jason's insistence that Kim sleep 
with Dave.  It seemed silly and at the same time it made me 
uncomfortable.  Personally, I would have been more at ease 
if Jason had taken a subtler approach.   I suppose it 
wouldn't be quite the same story, but that's how I feel.

I suppose the review should end here, but there is still 
something bothering me.  It has to do with the review 
itself.  Specifically, I have had an easier time quantifying 
that which I did not like about this story than that which I 
did.  Please do NOT take this as an indication that I did 
not enjoy it.  I DID enjoy it; I'm just not wild about it.  
Thumbs up, but not enthusiastically so.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 8.0 (out of 10)

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

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Very Good

LINK(S): Sharing Kim

         - http://assm.asstr.org/Year1999/20932

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=546898081&fmt=raw
