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5.0 out of 5 stars
A beautiful piece of cruel poetry., November 18, 1999
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As always Hendrick's books are much more than the the men, or the tropics, or the sex. Hendrick's Iguana Love is a sorrowful, brilliant piece of American Literature that talks about the lonliness of one woman and her enstrangement from humanity. At the core of Iguana Love is a very desparate creature , rotating from one sensation, to another, searching for that one thing that will make her "feel" something. She finds it in exactly who she is looking for.. a remote and cruel lover: A man she can not love, a man who dishes out pain and finally, a man who will let her remain in her place of numb isolation. Romona compares her iguana to this lover: cold, remote, dangerous. But, the iguana is not Enzo, it is Romona. And like the iguana, Romona is not male or female. And, it is the vacant soul of both Romona and the lizard that makes them the mirror image. And, yet, in the end, when Romona lays herself, crucifixion style across the dead body of the lizard, the depth of her grief, seems boundless . This is terrifying, lovely painful poetry, NOT smut. Like the ocean Romona swims in, there is a dark unfathomable truth about all of Hendrick's work. Her women are lonesome, deformed souls, living in a place devoid of warmth, trust or love. It is an unlearned reader who sees Hendrick's work as just erotic or sexual. Miami Purity and Iguana Love are studies of the desolation of women in the remote and cold reality of the contemporary world.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Scuba and Noir... Wow, June 20, 2001
Fun, fun, mystery noir style of story with the bang of a loaded speargun. The bonus is that it is a story that also makes you think and that you will carry with you even after the story has surfaced.
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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Sexy and Seductive, April 10, 2001
I was first tipped off to Vicki Hendricks' writing in Naked Came the Manatee, a good collaborative effort. This book is also quite good. In Iguana Love, we are introduced to Ramona Romano, a very unique woman who easily speaks and acts her mind. Separated from her husband, she tries to invigorate her life with scuba diving and bodybuilding. In her quest of sleeping with many men, she falls for a seedy character named Enzo, who happens to be her diving instructor. He leads her down a negative path until we reach a very suprising ending that will knock you out of your socks. This book is very erotic, especially as we take a ride with Ramona on her wild romp and conquerings. The writing is graphic, raw, and very straightforward. Hendricks holds nothing back with her protagonist. Throw in the Miami background, and you've got a fairly hot novel. Although some of the characters were somewhat one-dimensional, they all seemed to be nicely developed, and the plot was well drawn out. This was a quick read, and one that was quite enjoyable, if not merely for the shocking ending, not to mention the wonderful twists and turns. Inguana Love is a nice, yet far from wholesome, adventure.
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