Rogue Reviews Digest No. 44 - July 15, 1999

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Reviews

  "Deja Vu" by Ann Douglas
  "Hotel Management 101" by Sidney Durham
  "Strip, No Tease" by Titmouse
  "Friday Night at Friday's" by G. M. Torrey
  "Two Families - The Cruise" by Thor4u
  "Getting Hubby's Attention" by Eighteen and Innocent
  "Liz" by Poison Ivan

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Rogue Review No. 405 - July 2, 1999

TITLE: Deja Vu
AUTHOR: Ann Douglas
LENGTH: 14,500 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Female
COMBINATION(S): Twosome (Female, Male)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Older Female-Teenage Male
KINK(S): --
SETTING(S): Home
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: Connie, age 55, relives the past in more ways than one 
after she meets the 18-year-old grandson of the man who took her 
virginity.

COMMENTARY: I think this story will appeal more to women than it 
does to men.  It is a little slow moving for my tastes.  I also 
prefer to see a bit more dialogue and a bit less description, 
than you will find in this story.  While there isn't an abundance
of them, there are enough typographical errors that I was a bit 
distracted.  Possibly the fact that I was only somewhat aroused 
has something to do with my noticing the typos.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 7.5 (out of 10)

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

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Good

LINK(S): Deja Vu

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=494811599&fmt=raw [1/7]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=494811639&fmt=raw [2/7]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=494811683&fmt=raw [3/7]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=494811721&fmt=raw [4/7]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=494811772&fmt=raw [5/7]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=494813753&fmt=raw [6/7]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=494815169&fmt=raw [7/7]

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Rogue Review No. 406 - July 5, 1999

TITLE: Hotel Management 101
AUTHOR: Sidney Durham
LENGTH: 6,100 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Female
COMBINATION(S): Twosome (Female, Male)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Strangers
KINK(S): --
SETTING(S): Hotel
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: Denise wasn't looking for sexual activity on this 
business trip, it found her.  This happened when she walked in to
what she thought was her hotel room, only to find that it was 
already occupied by a man, who happened to be masturbating at the
time.  He didn't notice her, but she had a -- er -- hard time 
forgetting him.

COMMENTARY: This is a fun read.  I especially enjoyed the 
narrator's running commentary on her own actions, some of which 
she ascribes to her "evil twin".  The author also does a nice job
with the plot.  There are enough twists and turns to make the 
story interesting and demonstrate that the author knows how to 
write pretty darn well.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 9.0 (out of 10)

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

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Excellent

LINK(S): Hotel Management 101

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=480969600&fmt=raw

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Rogue Review No. 407 - July 7, 1999

TITLE: Strip, No Tease
AUTHOR: Titmouse
LENGTH: 2,500 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Male
COMBINATION(S): Twosome (Female, Male)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
RELATIONSHIP(S): --
KINK(S): --
SETTING(S): --
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: Carrie decides that the narrator of this story has 
waited long enough and proceeds to strip for him.

COMMENTARY: Part of the beauty of this story is that the exact 
nature of the relationship between the narrator and Carrie is 
never specified.  She is a woman and he is a man, other than that
they are not explicitly identified.

I have a minor gripe with this story: there isn't much to the 
plot.  For that matter, there isn't much of a plot.  The story 
reads more like a sex scene in the middle of a longer story.  
Normally I do not care for such stories.  In this case I am 
willing to make an exception.  The author does a very nice job 
keeping the story fresh and the action dynamic.

This is more of a male fantasy than a female one, although I 
think that both men and women should be able to enjoy it equally.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 9.5 (out of 10)

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

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Excellent

LINK(S): Strip, No Tease

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=494421912&fmt=raw

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Rogue Review No. 408 - July 8, 1999

TITLE: Friday Night at Friday's
AUTHOR: G. M. Torrey
LENGTH: 11,400 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Male
COMBINATION(S): Twosome (Female, Male)
                Twosome (2 Female)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
                Homosexual (Female)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Friends
KINK(S): Voyeurism
SETTING(S): Home
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: Jason is determined to have sex with his wife's friend, 
Daneta.  Fearing that he may be about to lose his only chance at 
scoring with Daneta, Jason plans to rape and murder her.  Things 
don't turn out quite as Jason planned.

COMMENTARY: This story is a bit weird.  The plot twists were just
a bit too dramatic for me to consider them believable.  I had a 
hard time understanding what exactly led Jason to the point that 
he was prepared to rape and murder Daneta.  I also found the turn
events which leads to the outcome of the story to be as 
incredulous as Jason's scheme.

This isn't a bad story, but it is just a bit too much for me to 
accept.  I might have found the story a bit more engaging if the 
focus had been on the motivations of the various characters, 
rather than the course of events.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 5.5 (out of 10)

         - Arousal: 2/5
         - Editing: 4/5
         - Plot and Characters: 3/5

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Good

LINK(S): Friday Night at Friday's

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=493053553&fmt=raw

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Rogue Review No. 409 - July 13, 1999

TITLE: Two Families - The Cruise
AUTHOR: Thor4U
LENGTH: 40,300 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Male
COMBINATION(S): Twosome (Female, Male)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Father-Daughter
                 Mother-Son
                 Older Female-Younger Male
                 Stepbrother-Stepsister
KINK(S): Exhibitionism
SETTING(S): At Sea
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: 14-year-old Jason Bradford goes on a cruise with his 
37-year-old mother, his 19-year-old stepsister, and some of their
friends.  Through the course of the cruise Jason learns quite a 
bit about sex thanks to more than one older woman.

COMMENTARY: This is a rather long story.  I do not recommend 
trying to read it in one sitting.  I read it in three sittings, 
and probably could have stretched that to four or five.

Is this story arousing?  Yes, it is piping hot.  The author does 
a very nice job of not spending too much time describing the sex.
There is at least as much build up and teasing in this story as 
their is sex.

The fact that some of the characters actually express doubts 
about committing incest was nice to see.  It makes them seem more
realistic.  I wasn't as taken by the father-daughter relationship
in this story, as I was by the others.  That is probably because 
the author doesn't spend nearly as much time developing those two
characters and their relationship, as he does the others.

On a different note, the story seems to end rather abruptly.  I 
would prefer to have seen it end a bit more gradually.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 9.5 (out of 10)

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

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Excellent

LINK(S): Two Families - The Cruise

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=490265432&fmt=raw [1/6]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=490265486&fmt=raw [2/6]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=490265553&fmt=raw [3/6]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=490266537&fmt=raw [4/6]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=490268596&fmt=raw [5/6]
         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=490278686&fmt=raw [6/6]

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Rogue Review No. 410 - July 14, 1999

TITLE: Getting Hubby's Attention
AUTHOR: Eighteen and Innocent
LENGTH: 3,700 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Female
COMBINATION(S): Solo (Female)
                Twosome (Female, Male)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Married Couple
KINK(S): Toys
SETTING(S): Home
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: Crystal isn't getting enough sex from her husband, so 
she does something about it.

COMMENTARY: This is a fun story.  Its length definitely works in 
its favor.  I say that because this is a stroke story, ergo, 
there isn't much to the plot.  It revolves around Crystal getting
her husband to perform.

I did like the main character.  She seemed realistic to me.  It 
is a shame that her husband isn't as fully fleshed out.

There is a bit more narration and a bit less dialogue than I like
to see in a story.  The paragraphs are also a bit long.  They 
probably should have been chopped up into smaller ones.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 8.0 (out of 10)

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

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Excellent

LINK(S): Getting Hubby's Attention

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=501088018&fmt=raw

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Rogue Review No. 411 - July 15, 1999

TITLE: Liz
AUTHOR: Poison Ivan
LENGTH: 4,800 words
MAIN CHARACTER: Male
COMBINATION(S): Twosome (Female, Male)
ORIENTATION(S): Heterosexual (Female, Male)
RELATIONSHIP(S): Infidelity
KINK(S): --
SETTING(S): Home
            Hotel
GENRE(S): --
CAUTION(S): --

SUMMARY: The nameless male narrator of this story wants to sleep 
with Liz when he first meets her.  After he hears her story, he 
just wants to comfort her.

COMMENTARY: This isn't a very upbeat story, but it is a very well
written one.  I only found it to be somewhat arousing.  It is 
told in a very soft manner, and yet there is quite a bit behind 
the words that are used.

If I wanted to be picky then I would point out that when Liz 
refers to her brother as a loaner, she probably meant to say that
he was a loner.  I didn't notice this error until I was reading 
the story for the second time, but -- what's that?

No, I'm not sure what you are referring to.  What did I just –- 
oh, I see.  In other words, the verdict is in and based upon my 
own criteria, I am picky after all.

In summation, despite the fact that I was not aroused to a 
significant degree by this story, I was touched by it.  That by 
itself, is enough to make it worth reading in my opinion.

OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: 8.0 (out of 10)

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

SUBJECTIVE ANALYSIS: Excellent

LINK(S): Liz

         - http://www.deja.com/=gh/getdoc.xp?AN=495041100&fmt=raw


