Rogue Review No. 453 - October 22, 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: Swimming Upstream
AUTHOR: MichaelD38
LENGTH: 23,700 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Male
COMBINATION(S): Twosome (Female, Male)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Unmarried Couple(s)
KINK(S): --
SETTING(S): Beach
            Home
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: Some people spend their lives following the trails 
that others have established.  Others spend their lives 
blazing their own trails.  Stephen Macintosh falls into the 
latter category.  This does not mean that everything works 
out exactly as he originally wanted it to; his career path 
and love life don't bend to his teenage dreams.  Still, 
Stephen has plenty to be thankful for by the time the story 
is through.

COMMENTARY: This is a great story; an excellent story.  It 
is not, however, a very erotic story.   It has its moments, 
but for the most part this is just a damn good story; not a 
damn good erotic story.  Get the picture?

Anyhow, I can't think of anything bad to say about it.  I 
like how the author lays the plot out.  I like how the story 
line progresses.  I like the characters.  I do, however, 
think that I maybe somewhat biased towards this story since 
I found a number of parallels between Stephen's life and my 
own.  My life has not been identical to his, but there are 
some similarities.  Okay, so maybe I don't resemble him all 
that much, still, I felt a kinship.

Basically, if you are looking for something arousing, then 
you should pass on this story.  On the other hand, if you 
are looking for an engaging story that will take you more 
than ten or twenty minutes to read, then I highly recommend 
that you read this one.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 7.0 (out of 10)

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

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Excellent

LINK(S): Swimming Upstream

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=420373470&fmt=raw [1/7]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=420375390&fmt=raw [2/7]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=420373464&fmt=raw [3/7]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=420375400&fmt=raw [4/7]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=420375407&fmt=raw [5/7]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=420375394&fmt=raw [6/7]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=420373461&fmt=raw [7/7]

         - http://assm.asstr.org/erotica/assm/Year98/17889.txt [1/7]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/erotica/assm/Year98/17891.txt [2/7]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/erotica/assm/Year98/17888.txt [3/7]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/erotica/assm/Year98/17893.txt [4/7]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/erotica/assm/Year98/17894.txt [5/7]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/erotica/assm/Year98/17892.txt [6/7]
         - http://assm.asstr.org/erotica/assm/Year98/17887.txt [7/7]

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