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Chargement... Permanent Obscurity: Or a Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death (édition 2010)par Richard Perez
Information sur l'oeuvrePermanent Obscurity: Or, A Cautionary Tale of Two Girls and Their Misadventures with Drugs, Pornography and Death by Dolores Santana par Richard Perez
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Cette critique a été rédigée pour LibraryThing Member Giveaways. I finished the book today and, while there was a character that I liked (Baby), I can honestly say I didn't really like the book.The ideas were good, there was definitely a story there but the way it was put together in the book just wasn't for me. The sex and drugs in the story didn't bother me at all. It fit with the storyline and wasn't just there as a shock factor. I know it was supposed to be campy and taken from the real New York streets of the 90's, but I just didn't feel it. You can read my entire discussion here: http://ireadoddbooks.com/permanent-obscurity-by-richard-perez/ Review snippet: Okay, Permanent Obscurity is not a bad book but it is not a good book either. The protagonist, in addition to lacking self-awareness, is one of the most tiresome, irritating, foolhardy, aggressive heroines you will ever read. She is best friends with a sociopathic, self-absorbed sadist. Together, the two of them, in the bowels of New York, decide to escape from the terrible financial situation they find themselves in by making a porno. Oh yeah, they owe a ton of money to a drug dealer. That should have gone without saying. The porno goes terribly wrong, as you knew it would, ending in a high speed chase and jail time. The author tries to justify creating characters that irritate and annoy by saying, through the mouth of Dolores: You better recognize this fact: People are complicated. People are indeed complicated. Dolores, the heroine, and her friend Serena, are not that complicated, however. There is really only one complicated character in this book, a man called Baby who is in thrall, in a very controlled manner, to Serena. Everyone one else shows clearly how being completely fucked-up often passes for being complicated. Cette critique a été rédigée pour LibraryThing Member Giveaways. I'm not sure how I felt about this book. I wasn't crazy about the writing for most of it, it was interesting to me but for some reason the book couldn't keep my attention. I realize that its a somewhat true story but I felt like there were a few places where not much was happening and I got bored. I also had a hard time identifying with any of the characters, maybe I'm just not rebellious enough! This is a small thing, but I also had a problem with the cover, even though I was reading an e-book the cover would show up on my virtual shelf and I was very embarrassed by it. I'm not sure I would recommend this book to anyone because I can't think of any people I know who would enjoy it, but I'm sure there is someone out there who would. I'd say you need to have a sense of adventure for very rebellious young adults and be ready for anything to happen. Cette critique a été rédigée pour LibraryThing Member Giveaways. Not entirely sure what to think, or whether to like or hate it. I'm ambivalent and not a story I'll re-read. For others this could be a masterpiece. For me it was a lesson in a world I knew nothing about - and now I see why. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
Appartient à la sériePermanent Obscurity (Omnibus 1-3)
A youthful bohemian satire, a story of alienated nonconformists, a girls on the lam story, a sexploitation and S/M romp. Welcome to the psychosexual world of PERMANENT OBSCURITY. Inspired by the underground sexploitation films of the 1960s, this bold updating of the roughie subgenre largely takes place in New York City's East Village (ca. 2006), and it chronicles the rise and fall of a unique and intense relationship. Dolores and Serena, two chemically dependent, down-and-out artists set out to take control of their lives by making a fetish-noir/femdom movie. Of course, things don't exactly turn out as planned. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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I was captured by Dolores and couldn't put the book down. Following along with the girls throughout their trials and mishaps was a real eye opener as to how things are for some people. I normally don't read books with alot of drug use or other things of that nature. But Permanent Obscurity was a great read that I will be coming back to again. ( )